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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 297: hoi en Peira(ie)i pragmateutai hoi peri Ba(lerion) Agathopoda Me(litea)

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ἐν Πειρα(ιε)ῖ πραγματευταὶ οἱ περὶ Βα(λέριον) Αγαθόποδα Με(λιτέα) (IG II2 3607, ll. 9-10)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi en Peira(ie)i pragmateutai hoi peri Ba(lerion) Agathopoda Me(litea)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) b. 161 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:The traders who are in Piraeus: en Peiraiei
Personal:Those around Valerius Agathopous: peri Balerion Agathopoda Melitea
Professional:It concerns traders: pragmateutai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 3607 (before AD 161)
Note Ed. pr. MDAI (A) 8 (1883) 287.
Other publications: Syll3 856; Ameling 1983, II no. 90.
Cf. SEG 42: 122; SEG 48: 12; SEG 54: 14. BE 1999, no. 221; 2000, 351.
Online Resources IG II2 3607
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorific inscription for the wife of Kl. Herodes, Appia Atilia Rhegilla, since she has exercised first the priesthood of Tyche tes poleos (Fortuna), followed by a list of names.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Athens in the area west of Ardettos Hill, now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 10318.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Twenty seven names of members are recorded.
ii. Gender Men
Note Twenty seven names of men are recorded.
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Citizen: 18
Unidentified: 9

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The group, after consultation with the members of the Areiopagos, honours one of the most prominent Athenian of her time for holding a polis priesthood.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland E11
iii. Bibliography Ameling, W. (1983), Herodes Atticus. Hildesheim.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The association displays most of the hallmarks of a private association: distinct name, membership, and organization.