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Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 1983: to koinon ton en tei nesoi tassomenon Lykion

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Cyprus
ii. Region Cyprus
iii. Site Paphos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῶν ἐν τῆι νήσωι τασσομένων Λυκίων (ABSA 56 (1961) 29,76, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton en tei nesoi tassomenon Lykion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 131 - 118 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Ethnic:Lykioi: mercenaries from Lycia
Geographical:en tei nesoi
Professional:tassomenoi: the soldiers stationed on the island
Status-related:tassomenoi: the soldiers stationed on the island
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: ABSA 56 (1961) 29,76, l. 4; ABSA 56 (1961) 29,77, l. 1; ABSA 56 (1961) 30,81, l. 4; ABSA 56 (1961) 30,80, ll. 3-4; ABSA 56 (1961) 30,79, ll. 3-4.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) ABSA 56 (1961) 29,76 (127-124 BC)
ABSA 56 (1961) 29,77 (131-127 BC)
ABSA 56 (1961) 30,81 (123-118 BC)
ABSA 56 (1961) 30,80 (123-118 BC)
ABSA 56 (1961) 30,79 (123-118 BC)
Note ABSA 56 (1961) 29,76 = OGIS 147 = SEG 13: 575
ABSA 56 (1961) 29,77 = OGIS 146
ABSA 56 (1961) 30,81 = SEG 13: 583
ABSA 56 (1961) 30,80 = OGIS 162 = SEG 13: 580
ABSA 56 (1961) 30,79 = SEG 13: 577
Online Resources ABSA 56 (1961) 29,76 and AGRW ID 20541
ABSA 56 (1961) 29,77 and AGRW ID 20546
ABSA 56 (1961) 30,81 and AGRW ID 20564
ABSA 56 (1961) 30,80 and AGRW ID 20552
ABSA 56 (1961) 30,79 and AGRW ID 20550
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedications of statues to governors of Cyprus and members of the governors' families.
i.c. Physical format(s) State bases.
ii. Source(s) provenance All the inscriptions were found in the sanctuary of Aphrodite.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Given the military character of the koinon, it is likely that the members were men.
iv. Status The members of the koinon were presumably formed by the Lycian mercenaries stationed on the island.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The koinon honoured with statues governors of Cyprus and members of their families: the daughter of governor Lochos (ABSA 56 (1961) 29,76), a certain Diasthenes (ABSA 56 (1961) 29,77), the son of the governor Theodoros (ABSA 56 (1961) 30,81), the wife of the governor Theodoros (ABSA 56 (1961) 30,80), and the governor Theodoros himself (ABSA 56 (1961) 30,79).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments On koina of mercenaries on Cyprus see also: Thompson Crawford 1984: 1073-4 and Kruse 2015: 292-6.
iii. Bibliography Kruse, T. (2015), 'Ethnic koina and politeumata in Ptolemaic Egypt'. in V. Gabrielsen and C. A. Thomsen (eds.), Private Associations and the Public Sphere: Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 9-11 September 2010. Copenhagen: 270-300.
Thompson Crawford, D. J. (1984), 'The Idumaeans of Memphis and the Ptolemaic Politeumata', in Atti del XVII Congresso Internazionale di Papirologia. vol. 3. Napoli: 1069-75.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed (koinon) and the character of the group, together with parallels of other military koina on the island, point to a private association. It is less likely that the koinon was the loose community of mercenaries without a more structured and durable associational organisation.