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Last Updated on 13 Mar 2017

Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1261: Neomeniastai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Black Sea Region
ii. Region North coast of the Black Sea
iii. Site Olbia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Νεομηνιασταί (IGDOP 96)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Neomeniastai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. vi BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:Neomeniastai: celebrations for the new moon (the first day of the month).
Other:Neomeniastai: the new moon (first day of the month)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGDOP 96 (l. vi BC).
Online Resources IGDOP 96,a
IGDOP 96,b
IGDOP 96,c
IGDOP 96,d
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Five graffiti on black-glazed cups with the same Greek text (gen. Νεομηνιαστέων, Neomeniasteon) and two with the same word in nominative ([Νεο]μηνιασταί, [Neo]meniastai).
i.c. Physical format(s) Six fragments of black-glazed cups.
ii. Source(s) provenance Olbia, in a bothros of the central temenos (excavations).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments On the basis of their name, the group may have been involved in the cult of Apollo Νεομήνιος, Neomenios. For Apollo Νεομήνιος, Neomenios, (i.e. 'of the first day of the month') see Od. 20.156; Philochor. FGrH 328 F 88b (Lys., fr. 53); SEG 32, 337 (Athens, Kerameikos).
For νεομηνιασταί, neomeniastai, of the Pontic Mother of Gods in Dionysopolis see CAPInv. 1156.
iii. Bibliography Harland, P.A. (2014), Greco-Roman Associations: Text, Translations, and Commentaries, II. North Coast of the Black Sea, Asia Minor. Berlin, Boston: 11.
Rusjaeva, A.S. (2010), Graffiti Ol'vii Ponticheskoj [Graffiti from Olbia Pontica]. Simferopol: 30-1 nos. 20-24.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology suggests a private association.