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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1176: to koinon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Troas
iii. Site Alexandria Troas

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν (I.Alexandreia Troas 9 l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note l. 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Alexandreia Troas 9 (late Hellenistic)
Note Ed.pr.
Schwertheim 1996: 103-5 no. 4.
SEG 46, 1547
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Sale of the lifelong priesthood of Asklepios by the koinon in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble slab with moulding above, broken on all sides except on right.
H. 29 x W. 23 x Th. 23 cm.
ii. Source(s) provenance Seen at Akköym brought from the place called Kaleyerleri Mevkii 1.5 km north of the village.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects χωρίον, chorion l. 7

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members οἱ ἱερε[ῖς ?] hoi hiere[is?] (l. 11) - the plural nominative hoi hiereis may perhaps refer to members of the koinon.
iv. Officials [ἱερα]τεύσει διὰ βίου, hierateusei dia biou, l. 5
The priesthood of Asklepios is for life to whom he buys the priesthood ([ὁ πριάμενος], [ho priamenos]).
ἱερεύς, hiereus (l. 10)

The office of the secretary is largely restored in line 2 and the reading should thus be accepted with some reservation: [?γραμματεύο]̣ν̣τος, [?grammateuo]ntos

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty εἰς τὸ χωρίον, eis to chorion, l. 7: it probably refers to the cult place in the countryside (SEG 46: 1547).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The term koinon is attested in line 3. Ricl (1997: 48 no. 9) restores this term in line 1 too, claiming, with some reservation though, that this decree emanates from a koinon of Asklepios worshippers ([? ἔδοξε τῷ κοινῷ] τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ, [? edoxe to koino] tou Asklepiou). However, the first editor, Schwertheim (1996), was in favour of restoring the title of a magistrate in line 1, whereas the editor of the entry in SEG 46: 1547 (Pleket) wonders whether the formula koinon + name of the deity in genitive is common at all.
Whereas Schwertheim (1996) identifies the koinon in line 3 with the Ilian koinon, Ricl suggests that it refers to the issuing body of the decree and it is a koinon of Asklepios worhsippersm which sells the priesthood of Asklepios.
Although the text is partly preserved, it clearly regulates the sale of Asklepios priesthood by to koinon.
iii. Bibliography Ricl, M. (1997), The inscriptions of Alexandreia Troas. (IK 53). Bonn.
Schwertheim, E. (1996), 'Neue Inschriften aus Alexandreia Troas, Antandros, Skepsis und Kebren', in E. Schwertheim & H. Wiegartz (eds.), Die Troas. Neue Forschungen zu Neandria und Alexandria Troas II. (AMS 22), Bonn: 99-124.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note Despite the text's fragmentary state of preservation, the sale of the priesthood by the koinon can be considered sufficient evidence for a private association, especially if one considers that this sort of documents (sale of priesthood) was common among private association (e.g. sale of the eponymia of Sarapis by the Sarapiastai on Thasos, CAP Inv.17).