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Last Updated on 21 May 2019

Author: Nikolaos Giannakopoulos

CAPInv. 579: kollegion

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Pontus
iii. Site Thermai Phazimoniton

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) κολλήγιον (Studia Pontica 29, l. 4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) kollegion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms κολλήγιον, kollegion
Note Studia Pontica 29, l. 4
On the use of the transliterated latin term collegium for private associations in the Greek World see Poland 1909: 155.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Studia Pontica 29 (i BC - iii AD)
Online Resources Studia Pontica 29
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek set up by a kollegion to a certain L. Cornelius Hermas.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele with crown in relief.
ii. Source(s) provenance The inscription was found in Khavsa (the site of Ancient Thermai Phazimoniton).

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association offers a dedication to a certain L. Cornelius Hermas, probably honouring him with a crown, as the iconography of the stele indicates. Nothing further on the honorand is known.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The inscription is undated by the editors but the name of the honorand indicates a date in the Roman Period.
The brief text of the inscription does not give any information on the nature of this association.
iii. Bibliography Poland, F. (1909), Geschichte des griechischen Vereinswesens. Leipzig.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The term kollegion used to define the group setting up the dedication indicates that it was a private association.