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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2010: Aphrodisiastai Theuphaneion koinon

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I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Rhodes
iii. Site Rhodos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἀφροδισιασταί θευφανείων κοινὸν
ii. Full name (transliterated) Aphrodisiastai Theuphaneion koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:θευφανείοι, Theuphaneioi, l. 3 - From the greek personal name Θευφανης,Theuphanes (LGPN I s.v. no. 12).
Theophoric:Ἀφροδισιασταί, Aphrodisiastai, l. 3 - From the goddess Aphrodite (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 34-35, 117-18).
iii. Descriptive terms κοινὸν, koinon, l. 3.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) ASAA 22 (1939/40) 152,8
Online Resources ASAA 22 (1939/40) 152,8
AGRW no. 15025
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory-Honourific
i.c. Physical format(s) A statue base of marble from Lartos.
ii. Source(s) provenance Retrieved from the excavation site of a tetrapylon, near the chapel of Piossasco in the city of Rhodes.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status The personal name Theuphanes with the adjective + plural genitive -eioi likely means that the individual Theuphanes had been a benefactor of the association (cf. Thomsen (forthcoming), Gabrielsen 1997 p. 126-7, Maiuri 1916 p. 141, Poland 1909 p. 73-6).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive term koinon (κοινόν), used together with a theophoric name element, guarantees the private character of the association.