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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2012: Aphrodisiastai Halikiotai Polykleion koinon

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I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Rhodes
iii. Site Rhodos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἀφροδισιασταί ἁλικιωταί Πολυκλείων κοινὸν
ii. Full name (transliterated) Aphrodisiastai Halikiotai Polykleion koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 88 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Πολυκλείων, Polykleion l. 23-24 - From the Greek personal name Πολυκλῆς Polykles (LGPN I s.v. 56-60, cf. CAPInv. 2012 and CAPInv. 2013)
Theophoric:Ἀφροδισιασταί, Aphrodisiastai, l. 23 - From the goddess Aphrodite (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 34-35, 117-18).
Other:ἁλικιωταί, Halikiotai: A doric plural derived from the word ἡλῐκιώτης, Helikiotes, which, according to LSJ, means; 1) an equal in age, 2) a fellow, or 3) a comrade.
iii. Descriptive terms κοινὸν, koinon, l. 24

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Maiuri, NS no. 18
Online Resources Maiuri, NS no. 18
AGRW no. 14965
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory-Honourific
i.c. Physical format(s) Great block of local gray marble.
ii. Source(s) provenance Retrieved during the excavation at the construction site for the school of Amarantios in Neochori in the city of Rhodos.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive term koinon (κοινόν), used together with a theophoric name element, guarantees the private character of the association.