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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2008: Aphrodisiastai

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I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἀφροδισιασταί
ii. Full name (transliterated) Aphrodisiastai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Ἀφροδισιασταί, Aphrodisiastai - From the goddess Aphrodite (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 34-35, 117-18).

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) NSER 43
IG XII,1 955
IG XII,1 962b
Online Resources NSER 43
IG XII,1 955
IG XII,1 962b
AGRW 14970
AGRW 15135
AGRW 15141
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of a theophoric name element and the dedicatory-honourific context of the attested inscriptions make the private character of the association certain, although a descriptive term is lacking.