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Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1311: U-BSR-007

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-BSR-007

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i / ii AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 40: 624 (l. i - e. ii AD)
Online Resources SEG 40: 624
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragment of a Greek lex sacra possibly promulgated by an association.
i.c. Physical format(s) Left part of a large marble stele.
ii. Source(s) provenance Gorgippia

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership One συναγωγός, synagogos (if the restoration of SEG 40: 624, l. 1 is reliable; see XII.i. Comments).
vi. Laws and rules The lex sacra itself.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Saprykin 1990: 203-13 restores, not very convincingly, ll. 1-2 [ - - ἐπὶ Φ]αρνακ[ίωνος Πόθου τοῦ συναγωγοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς Γοργιππίας ἐν τῇ Δ]αεισίωι μηνί ([ - - epi Ph]arnak[ionos Pothou tou synagogou kai tou epi tes Gorgippias en tei D]aeisioi meni) and tries to identify this person in the Bosporan prosopography (see CIRB 1129 commented in CAPInv. 1310, VII.ii. Leadership). Whatever the case may be, it remains probable that the record belongs to a cult association.
iii. Bibliography Boltunova, A.I. (1986), ‘Nadpisi Gorgippii iz nakhodok 1971-1981 gg. [Inscriptions from Gorgippia from the Finds of the Years 1971-1981]’, VDI 1: 46-50, esp. 49-50.
Saprykin, S.Ju. (1990): ‘Lex sacra iz Gorgippii [Lex sacra from Gorgippia]’, in M. Tacheva and D. Bojadzhiev (eds.), Studia in honorem Borisi Gerov, Sofia: 203-13.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note It is reasonably probable that the lex sacra was issued by a private cult association. The alternative explanation would be a public record.