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Last Updated on 21 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1765: [s]peire Brachylei[t]on

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Erythrai

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [σ]πείρη Βραχυλει[τ]ῶν (I.Erythrai 222, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [s]peire Brachylei[t]on

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 200 (?) - 300 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms σπείρη, speire
Note speire: I.Erythrai 222, l. 3

The association was named either after a founder called Brachylos or after an unknown place or region.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Erythrai 222 (200 (?) - 300 (?) AD)
Online Resources I.Erythrai 222
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragment of yellowish marble
ii. Source(s) provenance Environment of Boja Bagh

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects An altar is dedicated to the association.

X. ACTIVITIES

Deities worshipped Dionysos (deduced in I.Erythrai ad loc. from an ivy leaf depicted in the inscription)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Nothing speaks against the assumption that this was a private association.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain