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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 1126: [to koinon] ton eranistan

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Caria (Rhodian Peraia)
iii. Site Thyssanous

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [τὸ κοινὸν] τῶν ἐρανιστᾶ[ν] (Bresson, Recueil Pérée 128 ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [to koinon] ton eranistan

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. ii - m. i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms The word koinon is only partly preserved once, line 12: [κοι]νῶι.
ii. Name elements
Cultic:eranistai - probably have a cultic implication.
Other:eranistai - fellow-diners

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Bresson, Recueil Pérée 128 (late 2nd - first half of the 1st c. BC)
Note I.Rhod.Per. 155
Online Resources I.Rhod.Per. 155
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek. Honorary inscription for a benefactor of a koinon.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele, poorly preserved.
ii. Source(s) provenance Thyssanous (Ortaca).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects Very fragmentary references to construction work (ll. 8-9, 11 ἐπισκευάξαι, episkeuaksai), perhaps funded or undertaken by the honorand (l. 10-11).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
iv. Status The proposer of the decree has the ethnic Kyranaios. Foreigners could therefore be members of the group.

X. ACTIVITIES

i. Assemblies The honorific decree points to regular assemblies and meetings.
iv. Honours/Other activities Honours are awarded for the benefactor, perhaps including a crown.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The honoree does not have an ethnic identification and this suggests that he is probably a local man, (name missing) son of Philios.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The decree is dated by the mention of a priest, namely the eponymous priest of Halios whose name is unfortunately missing (Bresson 1991, 129). Decrees passed by associations in Rhodes are usually dated after the priest of Halios.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive terminology and the actitivies of the association ensures its private character.