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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 483: hoi peri Aur. Artemona Hermokl[e]ous phratra

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Tymandos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ περὶ Ἀυρ. Ἀρτέμωνα Ἑρμοκλ[έ]ους φράτρα (MAMA IV 230, ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi peri Aur. Artemona Hermokl[e]ous phratra

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Kinship-related:phratra
Personal:hoi peri followed by a personal name.
iii. Descriptive terms φράτρα, phratra
Note phratra: MAMA IV 230, l. 3

Two well-established ways of naming a group seem to have been combined here which from a grammatical point of view are mutually exclusive: hoi peri + personal name and the corporate term phratra in the singular. Other earlier, examples from Phrygia have the correct form he peri ... phratra (cf. CAPInv. 451.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) MAMA IV 230 (iii AD)
Online Resources MAMA IV 230
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Limestone bomos, with a relief of the god (Men).
ii. Source(s) provenance Pise

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The association dedicates the bomos to a local Men.
Deities worshipped Men Plouristreon, "Men of (the village of) Plouristra".

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note This is a rather late example of the phratra-type of association known from Phrygia. Perhaps the grammatical inconsistency (hoi peri ... phratra instead of he peri ... phratra) could be used as an argument for the personal, private nature of this association.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain