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Last Updated on 13 Mar 2017

Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1266: Neikaieon (l. Nikaieon) neon synodos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Black Sea Region
ii. Region North coast of the Black Sea
iii. Site Pantikapaion

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Νεικαιέων (l. Νικαιέων) νέων σύνοδος (CIRB 44, l. 11)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Neikaieon (l. Nikaieon) neon synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 117 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Ethnic:Nikaieis: from Nicaea
Status-related:neoi
Other:neoi
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: CIRB 44, l. 11

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) CIRB 44 (AD 117).
Online Resources CIRB 44
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorific inscription by the association for king Sauromates I κτίστης καὶ εὐεργέτης, ktistes kai euergetes (ll. 12-13) (i.e. 'founder and benefactor').
i.c. Physical format(s) Two joining fragments of an altar damaged at the top.
ii. Source(s) provenance Pantikapaion

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note On the basis of the name of the association the members were men.
iii. Age Children
Note Not properly paides, but νέοι, neoi, i.e. youth.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Honours awarded to the king.
On the basis of the name o the group (neoi) we are also allowed to suppose activities in the gymnasium.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The title κτίστης, ktistes, 'founder', given to the king in the inscription by the association is just an honorific title and has nothing to do with the founder of the association.
ii. Poland concordance Poland N 121
iii. Bibliography Jajlenko, V.P. (2010), Tysjacheletnij Bosporskij Rejkh [A Thousand Year Bosporan Reich (sic)]. Moscow: 328-30.
Ustinova, Yu. (1999), The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom. Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God. Leiden, Boston, Cologne: 281-2.
Zavojkina, N.V. (2012), Bosporskie fiasy: mezhdu polisom i monarkhiej [Bosporan Thiasoi: Between Polis and Monarchy]. Moscow: 63-4.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology points to a private association.