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Author: Sofia Kravaritou

CAPInv. 1032: Souidaoun to koinon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region Thessaly. Tetras of Pelasgiotis.
iii. Site City of Larisa.

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Σουιδάουν τὸ κοινὸν (SEG 35: 604, ll. 1-2).
ii. Full name (transliterated) Souidaoun to koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Kinship-related:It has been argued that Souidai must be a local phratry (Kontogiannis1985: 116-21) or the name has been listed among those whose reference to a civic division cannot be specified (Darmezin and Tziafalias 2007: 28).
Personal:The personal names Souidas and Souidaios are very common in Larisa (for example, IG IX.2 720; IG IX.2 517; SEG 26: 675) and the entire region of Pelasgiotis (for example, in the neighbouring city of Scotoussa, AD 43 and CHR 282).
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: SEG 35: 604, ll. 1-2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 35: 604 (iv BC)

Note See also:
IG IX.2 580
Heinz 1998: 300, no cat. 232
Online Resources SEG 35: 604
IG IX.2 580
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script SEG 35: 604 is a fragmentary votive inscription in Greek to Herakles dedicated by the koinon. Twelve names and patronymics of the members are listed below. Some more surely follow that list.
i.c. Physical format(s) SEG 35: 604 is a large fragmentary pedimental stele. Bottom part is missing. It bears a votive inscription. Above the votive inscription, there is a rectangular shaped hole for the suspension of a metal object -probably a wreath (Heinz 1998: 300, no. cat. 232, fig. 10).
ii. Source(s) provenance City of Larisa (now in the museum of Larisa, Inv. no. 257)

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The area of the ancient city of Larisa has delivered a significant record of finds (public architecture, sculpture, inscriptions, coins and small finds) dating to the classical period (Decourt, Nielsen, Helly et al. 2004: 695-7).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members SEG 35: 604 delivers the names of twelve male members of the koinon.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number SEG 35: 604 delivers the names of twelve members of the koinon.
ii. Gender Men

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Dedication of a stele to Herakles.
Deities worshipped Herakles

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland B 48
iii. Bibliography Darmezin, L., and Tziafalias, A. (2007), ‘The Twelve Tribes of Atrax: a Lexical Study’, in E. Matthews (ed.), Old and New Worlds in Greek Onomastics, Oxford: 21-8.
Decourt, J.-C., Nielsen, Th.H., Helly, Br. et al. (2004), ‘Thessalia and adjacent regions’, in M.H. Hansen and Th.H. Nielsen (eds.),
An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis, Oxford: 676-731.
Heinz, M. (1998),
Thessalische Votivstelen. Bochum: 300-1, fig. 10.
Kontogiannis, A. (1985),
Πρακτικά του Α΄ Ιστορικου-Αρχαιολογικού Συμποσίου Λάρισα Παρελθόν και Μέλλον, 26-28 Απριλίου 1985. Larisa: 116-21.
Mili, M. (2015). Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly. Oxford: 349.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The use of the term koinon and the display of common cultic activity point to the presence of a probable associative group of low intensity.
ii. Historical authenticity The inscription renders the presence of the association certain.