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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 883: [k]oinon t[on peri ton Dion]yson [tech]niton

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [κ]οινὸν τ[ῶν περὶ τὸν Διόν]υσον [τεχ]νιτῶν (IG II2 2955, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [k]oinon t[on peri ton Dion]yson [tech]niton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms [οἱ] περὶ τὸν Με[λπόμενον Διόνυσον τεχνεῖτ]αι, [hoi] peri ton Me[lpomenon Dionyson techneit]ai l. technitai (Agora 18 C118).
ii. Name elements
Professional:technitai
Status-related:technitai
Theophoric:peri ton Dionyson, peri ton Melpomenon Dionyson
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: IG II2 2955, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 2955 (I-II AD)
Agora 18 C118 (I-II AD)
Note Ed. pr. Agora 18, C118: Hesperia 32 (1963) 33 no. 32.
Online Resources IG II2 2955
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script IG II2 2955: Greek honorary inscription for A---, son of ---krates of Phylasion, dedicated to Dionysos.
Agora 18 C118: Greek dedication?
i.c. Physical format(s) IG II2 2955: Three joining fragments of a marble base measuring 0,22x0,28m.
Agora 18 C118: Two aligning but non-joining fragments of marble.
ii. Source(s) provenance IG II2 2955: Found on the Acropolis. Fragment a is now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 5718.
Agora 18 C118: Found built into the peribolos wall of the late Roman gymnasium complex, now in Agora, I 6609.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials Priest, ἱερατεύων, hierateuon (Agora 18 C118).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The names of attested members are male names.
iii. Age Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The monument was dedicated to Dionysos.
Deities worshipped Διόνυσος, Dionysos

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Δ7

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The heavily restored documents do not allow any certainty about the corporate character of the group.