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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Peloponnese with Adjacent Islands
ii.	Region	Laconia
iii.	Site	Gytheion

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	τὸ κοινὸν τ[ῶν ---]σιαστῶν (IG V.1 1175, ll. 2-3)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	to koinon t[on ---]siaston

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii.

Name elements

Personal:	...]siastai: the ending suggests a name construed on the proper name of a person or deity.
Theophoric:	...]siastai: the ending suggests a name construed on the proper name of a person or deity.

iii.

Descriptive terms

κοινόν, koinon,
θίασος, thiasos

Note

koinon: IG V.1 1175, l. 2
thiasos: IG V.1 1175, l. 7

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	IG V.1 1175 (ii AD)
	Note	See also: AGRW 28
	Online Resources	IG V.1 1175 and AGRW ID 2535
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	A decree in Greek of the association in honour of Ἰο[υλία - - -], Io[ulia - - -] for her benefactions.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	A cylindrical statue base
ii.	Source(s) provenance	Gytheion, found on the top of the Acropolis hill.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv.

Officials

The mention of [ἐπιμεληθέντος τῶ δεῖνος] τῶ ἐ̣π̣ὶ τῆ̣[ς - - -], [epimelethentos to deinos] to epi te[s - - -] in ll. 8-9 should refer to an official of the association who undertook the control of the erection of the monument in honour of Iulia.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii.	Worship	The fact that Ἰο[υλία - - -], Io[ulia - - -], is praised for [τῆς πε]ρ[ὶ] τὸν θε[ὸν εὐσεβείας], [tes pe]r[i] ton the[on eusebeias] shows that the association was related to the cult of a male deity. Forster 1903-1904: 181, no. 3, restores the ll. 2-3 as [Διονυ]σιαστῶν Ἰο[βάκχων], [Dionysiaston Io[Bakchon]. Yet, if we accept this restoration there is space to complete a gentile name and a cognomen of the honorand. Moreover, an association of Dionysiastai Iobakchoi is not further attested neither in Laconia nor in the Peloponnese in general.
iv.	Honours/Other activities	The fragmentary inscription only tells us about the existence of honours voted by the association in question for its benefactor, Ἰο[υλία - - -], Io[ulia - - -].

XI. INTERACTION

i.

Local interaction

Since the honourand is called ἀξιολογωτάτη, axiologotate and most probably her husband is also called ἀξιολογώτατος, axiologotatos, ll. 3-5 Ἰο[υλίαν - - - τὴν ἀξιολο]γωτάτην, θ̣[υγατέρα - - -, γυναῖκα δὲ] τῶ ἀξιολο̣[γωτάτω - - -], Io[ulian - - - ten axiologotaten th[ygatera - - -, gynaika de] to axiolo[gotato - - -], she was a member of a prominent family and thus the association was related to the elite of the local society.

XII. NOTES