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Last Updated on 10 Jul 2019

Author: Ursula Kunnert

CAPInv. 1802: he hiera synodos tou Apollonos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Cappadocia
iii. Site Hierapolis (Komana)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ ἱερὰ σύνοδος τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος (Baz 2007: 123, ll. 6-8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he hiera synodos tou Apollonos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 130 - 137 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Apollon
Other:hiera
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note Baz 2007: 123, l. 6

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Baz 2007:123-7
Note Other editions/commentaries:
I.Komana 63.
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble block, presumably base for a statua pedestris, H. 1.075 m, W. 0.50 m, Th. 0.52 m.
ii. Source(s) provenance The block is reused in the modern bridge of Şarköy.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The name of the association suggests the worship of Apollon.
Deities worshipped Apollon
iv. Honours/Other activities The synodos honoured the legatus Augusti pro praetore (L.) Fl. Arrianus (for informations about his governorship in Cappadocia in literary and epigraphic sources cf. Baz 2007: 125).

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Responsible for the erection of the monument was the priest (of Apollon) M. Iunius Archais.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Baz, F. (2007), ‘Ein neues Ehrenmonument für Flavius Arrianus’, ZPE 163: 123-7.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The name suggests a private organisation.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain