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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2047: [Dios]atabyriastan Agathodaimoniastan Philoneion 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) [Dios]aταβυριαστᾶν Ἀγαθοδαιμονιαστᾶν Φιλ<ω>νείων κοινὸν (l. 5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [Dios]atabyriastan Agathodaimoniastan Philoneion koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii - ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms Διοσαταβυριαστᾶν Ἀγαθοδαιμονιαστᾶν Φιλωνείων τῶν σὺν Φίλωνι κοινοῦ, Diosatabyriastan Agathodaimoniastan Philoneion ton syn Philoni koinon (SER 17 l. 2-7)
ii. Name elements
Personal:Φιλωνείοι, Philoneioi - From the Greek personal name Φιλων, Philon (LGPN s.v. no. 223). The compound name Φιλωνείοι, Philoneioi suggests either a founder or a benefactor of the association, (cf. Thomsen (forthcoming), Gabrielsen 1997 p. 126-7, Maiuri 1916 p. 141, Poland 1909 p. 73-6).
Theophoric:Διὸς Ἀταβυριασταί, Dios Atabyriastai - From Zeus, specifically his epithet Atabyrios, in reference to the tallest point on Rhodes (Morelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959] 46-52, 136-147).

Ἀγαθοδαιμονιασταί, Agathodaimoniastai - From the divinity Ἀγαθὸς Δαίμων, Agathos Daimon (Morelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959] 1, 77-79).
Note κοινὸν, koinon (l. 5)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII,1 161
Suppl.Epigr.Rh. 17
Online Resources IG XII,1 161

AGRW ID 12537
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honourific-dedicatory inscription in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) A rectangular base of blue marble (IG XII,1 161).
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the City of Rhodes, near the stables of D. Ioannis (cf. Ross, Inscr. Graec. ined. Fasc § 282, IG XII,1 161).

XIII. EVALUATION

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