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Author: Georgia Malouchou

CAPInv. 1145: Assk<l>epiastai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Chios
iii. Site Chios town

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἀσσκ<λ>ηπιασταί (edit., cf. Graf 1985: 436, I.Ch. 16, ll. 2-3, see Comments)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Assk<l>epiastai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Asklepios

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Graf 1985: 436, I.Ch. 16
Note SEG 17: 399; SEG 35, 922d.
Online Resources Mc Cabe, Chios 227
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Horos inscription, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragment of local grey limestone.
ii. Source(s) provenance Vounaki (Chios town). Now in Chios Archaeological Museum.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The members of the group are called Ἀσσκ<λ>ηπιασταί, Assk<l>epiastai

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The Asklepiastai are here attested in the form of Asskepiastai; for the form Ἀσσκηπι- (instead of Ἀσκληπι-) see Threatte 1980: 480, Graf 1985: 62-3, Garbrah 1987: 152-5. For the cult of Asklepios in Chios see Graf 1985: 62-3.
ii. Poland concordance Poland B 159
iii. Bibliography Garbrah, K. A. (1987), ‘Notes on Inscriptions from Chios’, ZPE 70: 152-5.
Graf, F. (1985), Nordionische Kulte, Bibliotheca Helvetica Romana: 62-3 and 436 I. Ch.16.
McCabe, D. and Brownson, J. (1986), Chios Inscriptions. Texts and List. The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton: no. 227.
Paspatis, A. (1888), Τὸ Χιακὸν Γλωσσάριον, Athens: 413, no. 29.
Studniczka, F. (1888), ‘Aus Chios’, MDAI(A) 13: 178 no. 25.
Threatte, L. (1980), The Grammar of Attic Inscriptions. I, Berlin.
Ziebarth, E. (1896), Das griechische Vereinswesen, Leipzig: 44.
Zolotas, G. (1908), ‘Χιακῶν καὶ ᾿Ερυθραϊκῶν ἐπιγραφῶν συναγωγή’, Athena 20: 262 no. 138.
Stephanou, A. P. (1958), Χιακὰ Μελετήματα, Chios: 61.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The name suggests an association of private character. Cf. Graf 1985: 63.