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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 452: [he Saloudeon k]ai Melokometon phratra

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Area of Dionysopolis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ἡ Σαλουδέων κ]αὶ Μηλοκωμήτων φράτρα (Ramsay, CB: 156, no. 64, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [he Saloudeon k]ai Melokometon phratra

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:Salouda and Melokome are villages on the territory of Dionysopolis.
Kinship-related:phratra
iii. Descriptive terms φράτρα, phratra
Note phratra: Ramsay, CB: 156, no. 64, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Ramsay, CB: 156, no. 64 (ii - iii AD)
Note See also:
AGRW
Online Resources Ramsay, CB: 156, no. 64
AGRW ID# 12139
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory/honorary inscription. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Large, fragmentary stele containing an image above the text (Cybele with lions) and standardized representations of the members of the phratra.
ii. Source(s) provenance Kabalar

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials In l. 3, someone who "cares" (for the erection of the stele?) is mentioned; Ramsay takes him to be a priest: [ἐ]πιμελησαμένου Ἄπολλονίδου τοῦ Ἀπολλονίδου το[ῦ ἱερέως?], [e]pimelesamenou Apollonidos son of Apollonidos to[u hiereos].

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The main activity commemorated by the stele is not totally clear. L. 1 has ἀνέθηκεν, anetheken, apparently without an object (thus referring to the stele); l. 2 has the "leaders of the Melokometai" honor someone (presumably the person mentioned before, who can hardly be regarded as the object of ἀνέθηκεν, anetheken, a possibility considered by Ramsay).

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland B *430
iii. Bibliography Ramsay, W.M. (1895), The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia. Vol. I.1. London.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note On the general problems generated by this sort of stele (and the term phratra), see CAPInv. 450. In this case, representatives of two villages seem to have joined together to form a cult community. It is unclear whether or not this was a private initiative.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain