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Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 1751: hoi Alexandreis hoi pragmateuomenoi en Perinthoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Propontic Thrace
iii. Site Perinthos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Οἱ Ἀλεξανδρεῖς οἱ πραγματευόμενοι ἐν Περίνθῳ (Ι.Perinthos 27, ll. 4-5 and Ι.Perinthos 28, ll. 6-8 )
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi Alexandreis hoi pragmateuomenoi en Perinthoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Ethnic:Ἀλεξανδρεῖς, Alexandreis
Professional:πραγματευόμενοι, pragmateuomenoi
Topographical:ἐν Περίνθῳ, en Perinthoi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Perinthos 27 (ii AD)
I.Perinthos 28 (ii AD)
Online Resources I.Perinthos 27 and AGRW ID 14152
I.Perinthos 28 and AGRW ID 14155
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Two honorary inscriptions in Greek for Publius Aelius Harpocratio qui et Proclus.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble bases for statues
ii. Source(s) provenance I.Perinthos 27 was first seen by Cyriacus of Ancona built in a church; the stone was seen again in 1988 at the acropolis of Perinthos.

No information available on the find-place of I.Perinthos 28.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects I.Perinthos 27 mentions the construction of a Tychaion (l. 5) and I.Perinthos 28 the construction of a teichos (l. 3)(perhaps related to the Tychaion, though not specified in the text). These constructions may not have been destined exclusively for the association.

Both inscriptions mention the erection of statues ( I.Perinthos 28, l. 5 and I.Perinthos 27, l. 8: ἀνδριάντες, andriantes ); the place where these were set up is not specified in the text.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status On the basis of the name of the group, the members were traders of foreign origin.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship According to I.Perinthos 27, Harpocratio was honored because of the construction of a Tychaion: this suggests worship of Tyche by the group.
Deities worshipped Tyche
iv. Honours/Other activities The pragmateuomenoi covered the costs for the erection of two statues in honour of Publius Aelius Harpocratio. As indicated by his cognomen, Harpocratio may have been an Alexandreian himself and thus, quite probably, a prominent member of this same association.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Mention of the boule and the demos indicates that the honours were decreed by the city.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used and the character of the document point to a private association.