View

I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Southern Italy with Sicily
ii.	Region	Sicily
iii.	Site	Halaisa

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	[κοι]νὸν τῶν ἱερέω[ν] (SEG 59: 1099, l. 2)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	[koi]non ton hiereo[n]

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

ii - s. i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii.

Name elements

Professional:	hiereis
Status-related:	hiereis
Other:	hiereis

iii.

Descriptive terms

κοινόν, koinon (?)

Note

[koi]non: SEG 59: 1099, l. 2. The restoration is highly likely, as first argued in Scibona 2009: 104, but not certain.

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	SEG 59: 1099 (II-I BC)
	Note	First published as IG XIV 354, subsequently lost, rediscovered and republished by Scibona and Tigano 2008: 26, Scibona 2009: 104 n.10, Manganaro 2009: 25 n.42, and most fully Prestianni Giallombardo 2012: 179
	Online Resources	SEG 59: 1099
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Honorific inscription set up by the koinon in Greek
i.c.	Physical format(s)	A fragmentary stone block, perhaps part of a statue base
ii.	Source(s) provenance	Original findspot within the ancient city not recorded

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii.

Members

ἱερεῖς, hiereis (SEG 59: 1099, l. 2)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv.

Status

ἱερεῖς, hiereis (SEG 59: 1099, l. 2), but whether of one cult or several, and of one community or several is unknown.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv.

Honours/Other activities

Honorific inscription set up for an individual, son of [---]ενης, [---]enes (probably Diogenes), and with the second name Λαπίρων, Lapiron (SEG 59: 1099, l. 3). The name is attested among other individuals at Halaisa in the late Hellenistic/Roman Republican period (see Facella 2006: 229-241). He is honoured for his εὐεργεσία, euergesia (SEG 59: 1099, l. 4).

XI. INTERACTION

i.

Local interaction

Honours for a member of a significant family in Halaisa (individuals surnamed Lapiron, see Facella 2006: 229-241) for his εὐεργεσία, euergesia (SEG 59: 1099, l. 4).

XII. NOTES

i.	Comments	The recognition that SEG 59: 1099, l. 2 should probably be restored to read τὸ κοι]νὸν τῶν ἱερέω[ν], to koi]non ton hiereo[n], and so be an honorific erected by a koinon of priests is inspired by the recent publication of a substantial honorific text on bronze set up by a koinon of the priests of Apollo, also from Halaisa (see SEG 59: 1100; CAPInv. 1314). It is highly likely that the text recorded here (SEG 59: 1099) was set up by the same koinon, and so this text should be considered alongside the more substantial evidence for the koinon of the priests of Apollo recorded in the new text. However, this connection is not strictly necessary and cannot be proven.
iii.	Bibliography	Facella, A. (2006), Alesa Arconidea: ricerche su un'antica città della Sicilia tirrenica. Pisa. Manganaro, G. (2009), 'Il paesaggio agrario di Halaesa Archonidea', Epigraphica 71: 9-28. Prestianni Giallombardo, A.M. (2012), 'Spazio pubblico e memoria civica. Le epigrafi dall'agora di Alesa', in C. Ampolo (ed.), Agora greca e agorai di Sicilia. Pisa: 171-200. Scibona, G. (2009), 'Decreto sacerdotale per il conferimento della euerghesia a Nemenios in Halaesa', in G. Scibona and G. Tigano (eds.), Alaisa-Halaesa. Scavi e ricerche (1970-2007), Messina: 97-112. Scibona, G. and Tigano, G. (eds), (2008), Alesa Archonidea. Guide to the Antiquarium. Palermo.

XIII. EVALUATION

i.	Private association	Probable
	Note	See above XII.i.

CAPInv. 1293: [koi]non ton hiereo[n]