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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 970: hoi Aphrodeisiastai hoi meta Ar<i>sto<ph>ae to Phainia Norakeio

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Aiolis
iii. Site Kyme

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ Ἀφροδεισιασταὶ οἱ μετὰ Ἀρ<ι>στο<φ>άη τῶ Φαινία Νωρακείω (I.Kyme 32 ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi Aphrodeisiastai hoi meta Ar<i>sto<ph>ae to Phainia Norakeio

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Hell.

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:hoi meta Ar<i>sto<ph>ae to Phainia Norakeio
Theophoric:Aphrodeisiastai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Kyme 32 (Hell.)
Note Kontoleon (1890), Ziebarth (1900) and Poland (1909) read the personal name: Ἀρυστονάη.
For the reading: Ἀρ<ι>στο<φ>άη see ΒΕ 1973: no. 371.
Online Resources I.Kyme 32
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Slab with a crown in relief below the inscription. H. 50 x W. 66 x Th. 45 cm
ii. Source(s) provenance Yeniköy (Neon Teichos, see BE 86 [1973]: no. 371).

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Aristophaes son of Phainias Norakeios was the founder of the group as the formula hoi meta indicates.
Gender Male

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Norakeios may stand as an ethnic or demotic (BE 1973: no. 371). It is also attested in IKyme 17 (CAPInv. 954).
ii. Poland concordance Poland B *360
iii. Bibliography Kontoleon, A.E. (1890), Ανέκδοτοι Μικρασιαναί Επιγραφαί. Athens. p. 13 no. 23.

Ziebarth, (1900), 'Zu den griechischen Vereinsinschriften', RM 55: 501-519.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used (theophoric name + name of the leader) imakes it certain that we have here a private association.