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Last Updated on 24 Feb 2017

Author: Takashi Fujii

CAPInv. 1035: hoi kata Salameina linyphoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Cyprus
ii. Region Cyprus
iii. Site Salamis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ κατὰ Σαλαμεῖνα λίνυφοι (Salamine de Chypre XIII.1 143, ll. 7-8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi kata Salameina linyphoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 129 / 130 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:Σαλαμίς, Salamis
Professional:linyphoi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Salamine de Chypre XIII.1 143 (AD 129/30)
Online Resources Salamine de Chypre XIII.1 143
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Statue base of emperor Hadrian set up by the association, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Statue base
ii. Source(s) provenance Gymnasion in Salamis

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Referred to as οἱ λίνυφοι, hoi linyphoi 'linen-weavers' (Salamine de Chypre XIII.1 143, ll. 7-8).

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The association may have been involved with the imperial cult, since the statue base dedicated by them perhaps held a cultic statue of Hadrian (see Fujii 2013: 48).
Deities worshipped Emperor Hadrian

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Fujii, T. (2013), Imperial Cult and Imperial Representation in Roman Cyprus. Stuttgart.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Although the association does not have a descriptive term, its proper name qualified by the professional and geographical terms suggests that we are dealing with a private association.