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Last Updated on 03 Jun 2019

Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 482: [- - - Ath]a]n]ai[s]tan

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [- - - Ἀθ]α[ν]αι[σ]τᾶν
ii. Full name (transliterated) [- - - Ath]a]n]ai[s]tan

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 10 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:From Athana, the principal deity of Lindos.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Lindos II 392b, l. 23
Online Resources I.Lindos II 392
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorary dedication in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) I.Lindos II 392a-b is a rectangular stele of Lartian marble carrying texts on both its main faces (a) and (b).
ii. Source(s) provenance The acropolis of Lindos

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Our association is listed together with with a number of important public bodies (e.g. the Rhodian demos, the Lindian demos) and private associations. However, while all these other bodies and associations are shown to honour a member of a prominent family, that is, Lapheides, the son of the priest of Athena Lindia in AD 10, there is no explicit evidence to show that our association awarded similar honours.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The cultic element in the surviving part of the name makes it certain that this was a private association.