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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2024: to Ar[ist]o[b]oul[i]astai Soteriastai Hefaistiastai [Ag]athodaimoniastai Menekrateion ton syn Menekratei 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) τὸ Ἀρ[ιστ]ο[β]ουλ[ι]ασταί Σωτηριασταί Ἡφαιστιασταί [Ἀγ]αθοδαιμονιασταί Μενεκρατείων τῶν σὺν Μενεκράτει κοινὸν
ii. Full name (transliterated) to Ar[ist]o[b]oul[i]astai Soteriastai Hefaistiastai [Ag]athodaimoniastai Menekrateion ton syn Menekratei koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Μενεκρατείων τῶν σὺν Μενεκράτει, Menekrateion ton syn Menekratei - From the Greek personal name Μενεκράτης, Menekrates (LGPN s.v. no. 79). The association carried the name of Menekrates, who was also its leader.
Theophoric:Ἀριστοβουλιασταί, Aristobouliastai - From the epithet of the goddess Artemis (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 28-33, 112-15).

Σωτηριασταί, Soteriastai - Most likely from the epithet of Zeus (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 45-52, 136-47).

Ἡφαιστιασταί, Hephaistiastai - From the god Hephaistos (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 56, 151).

Ἀγαθοδαιμονιασταί, Agathodaimoniastai - From the hellenistic divinity Ἀγαθός Δαίμων, Agathos Daimon (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 2, 77-79).
iii. Descriptive terms κοινὸν, koinon

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) ASAA 22 (1939-1940), 151, no. 6.
Online Resources ASAA 22 (1939-1940), 151, no. 6.

AGRW no. 15021
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory-honourific
i.c. Physical format(s) Statue base of marble from Lartos.
ii. Source(s) provenance The city of Rhodos

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The same inscription records similar honours by three other koina: (i) the Diossoteriastai Zenoniastai (see also CAPInv. 1922; (ii) the Aphrodisiastai Epitynchanonteioi kai Aphrodisiastai Meneteioi; and (iii) the Hermaistai Athanaistai Haliadai Haliastai.

XIII. EVALUATION

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