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Last Updated on 23 Feb 2017

Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 571: U-ATT-008

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-ATT-008

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iv BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 2348 (l. iv BC)
Note Ed. pr.: BCH 2 (1878): 417
Cf. BE 1987: no. 573
Online Resources IG II2 2348
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication in honour of officials of the group, followed by a list of members?
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragmentary stele measuring 0.12x0.36m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Seen in a house in Rangaba str., now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 8956.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members thiasotai: IG II2 2348, l. 1

In IG edition, l. 1 is restored as follows: [οἱ θιασῶται ---], [hoi thiasotai ---]; however, it is fairly possible that other groups too may have dedicated a monument.
It is also noteworthy the reference to the profession of Onesimos in l. 5, a barber (κουρεύς, koureus).
iv. Officials Treasurer (ταμίας, tamias, l. 3)
Secretary (γραμματεύς, grammateus, l. 2)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Women
Note Four names of men and one of a woman survive.
iii. Age Adults

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2011), ‘"Ils étaient dans la ville, mais tout à fait en dehors de la cité". Status and identity in private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens’, in O. van Nijf and R. Alston (eds.), Political culture in the Greek city after the classical age, Leuven: 27-48.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The occurrence of officials strongly implies that we are dealing with an association. However, it remains unclear whether it is a public (less likely) or a private one.