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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 358: Meikoniastai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Μεικωνιασταί (IG II2 2776, l. 153)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Meikoniastai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 130 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Heroic:Meikoniastai: from a heroised individual called Μείκων, Meikon (?)
Personal:Meikoniastai: from a heroised individual called Μείκων, Meikon (?)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 2776 B I (AD 130 ?)
Note Ed. pr. An.Ép. 1870, no. 415 (ΑΡΜΑ 3, 95 no. 445)
Re-publication: Hesperia 41 (1972) 50-93.
Cf. SEG 3:228; SEG 14: 111; SEG 29: 160; SEG 43: 58; SEG 45: 161 & 232; SEG 48: 2031; SEG 53: 27; SEG 54: 1830; SEG 58: 24.
BE 1946/7, no. 97; 1970, no. 239; 1973, nos 108 & 145; 1974, no. 224; 1987, no. 585; 1989, no. 420.
Online Resources IG II2 2776 B I
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Census of landed properties, their owners and their value, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele
ii. Source(s) provenance Found built in the church of Panagia Pyrgiotissa in Athens but disappeared since 1907, when it was last seen. Now in the Agora collection, I 2837-38.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty Perhaps they had land in Oropos, l. 152.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A67
iii. Bibliography Miller, S. (1972), ‘A Roman monument in the Athenian agora’, Hesperia 41: 50-93.
Byrne, S. (2003), Roman citizen of Athens. Leuven: 537.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The fragmentary state of the inscription preclude us from identifying in more detail the name of the group; however, the denomination of the group is similar to other known groups like Sabaziastai, Sarapiastai; therefore it was possibly a private association.