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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 453: he hetaireia he Arzimneon he peri Stratoneikon Apolloniou Theoga kai Zotikon Apolloniou Klandionos

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ ἑταιρεία ἡ Ἀρζιμνέων ἡ περὶ Στρατόνεικον Ἀπολλωνίου Θεογᾶ καὶ Ζωτικὸν Ἀπολλωνίου Κλανδίωνος (SEG 34: 1298, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he hetaireia he Arzimneon he peri Stratoneikon Apolloniou Theoga kai Zotikon Apolloniou Klandionos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:The Arzimneis are probably a village north of Hierapolis.
Personal:peri Stratoneikon Apolloniou Theoga kai Zotikon Apolloniou Klandionos
iii. Descriptive terms ἑταιρεία, hetaireia
Note hetaireia: SEG 34: 1298, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 34: 1298 (ii - iii AD)
SEG 34: 1299 (ii - iii AD)
Note SEG 34: 1299 is another inscription of the same type as 1298, but the dedication is lost; only some names are preserved.
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele with image (three gods) above the text and standardized representations of the members of the hetaireia.
ii. Source(s) provenance Dagmarmara

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials The third person is a priest, ἱερεύς, hiereus (l. 4).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 17 (the stele is complete; Robert 1983 thought that it originally contained 24 names like the similar stelae from Thiunta, but the photo published by Chuvin 1987 rules out this possibility).
ii. Gender Men

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship SEG 34: 1298 is a dedication for the Theoi Motaleis (l. 2).
Deities worshipped Theoi Motaleis

XII. NOTES

i. Comments "Les Motaleis sont un village ou un groupe de villages" on the territory of Hierapolis (Robert 1983: 59). The gods of the Motaleis are apparently honored in these inscriptions by a cult community representing the village of the Arzimneis.
iii. Bibliography Chuvin, P. (1987), ‘Une stèle des Motaleis, sur le territoire de Hièrapolis’, RA 4: 107-8 (reproducing a photo and a letter by P. Dessalle).
Ritti, T. (2002), ‘Documenti epigrafici dalla regione di Hierapolis’, EA 34: 41-70, esp. 57-60.
Robert, L. (1983), ‘Les dieux des Motaleis en Phrygie’, JS 1983: 45-63.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note On the general problems of such stelae, see the preceding entries on phratrai. Apart from the terminology (hetaireia instead of phratra), the inscriptions apparently show the same semi-public institution.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain