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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 480: [- - -]istan [- - - ]astan So[- - - ton syn] Arist[ok]rito

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [- - - ]ιστᾶν [- - -]αστᾶν Σω[- - - τῶν σὺν] Ἀριστ[οκ]ρίτω
ii. Full name (transliterated) [- - -]istan [- - - ]astan So[- - - ton syn] Arist[ok]rito

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 10 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:The personal name Aristokritos constituted the last of at least three other elements that made up the name of this body. No certain identification for this individual can be proposed.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Lindos II 392b, l. 21
Online Resources I.Lindos II 392b
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorary dedication in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) I.Lindos II 392a-b is a rectangular stele of Lartian marble carrying texts on both its main faces (a) and (b).
ii. Source(s) provenance The acropolis of Lindos

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Aristokritos was probably the founder of the association.
Gender Male
ii. Leadership Aristokritos, who appears in the name of the association with the formula [τῶν σὺν] Ἀριστ[οκ]ρίτω ([ton syn] Arist[ok]rito), was the leader and probably also the founder of the association.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Our association honoured the son of the priest of Athana Lindia of AD 10 (Lapheides son of Lapheides), with a golden wreath (χρυσέω στεφάνω], chryseo stephano). The association is listed together with other honouring bodies (public as well as private), which include the Rhodian demos and the Lindian demos: for the full list, see table in Lindos II col. 747.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The [- - -]iastan [- - -]astan So[- - - ton syn] Arist[ok]rito (koinon) is listed together with a number of important public bodies (e.g. the Rhodian demos, the Lindian demos) and private associations, all of which (including our association) had awarded honours to a member of a very prominent Lindian family: Lapheides, the son of Nikasa and of Lapheides, who priest of Athana Lindia in AD 10: see I.Lindos II, cols. 41-2, stemma 14.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The general descriptive term κοινόν (koinon) is not explicitly attested. However, it seems to be implied, cf. I.Lindos II, index I6, s.v. κοινόν.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The last element in the name of this body ([ton syn] Arist[ok]rito) makes it certain that it was a private association.