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Author: Ursula Kunnert

CAPInv. 1761: hoi philoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Cilicia
iii. Site Elaiussa Sebaste (Canytelis)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ φίλοι (Hicks 1891: 228-9, no. 5, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi philoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Imp. (?)

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:social relations: philoi
iii. Descriptive terms φίλοι, philoi
Note philoi: Hicks 1891: 228-9, no. 5, l. 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Hicks 1891: 228-9, no. 5. (Imp. (?))
Note Other editions/commentaries:
AGRW
Online Resources AGRW ID# 13383
Hicks 1891: 228-9, no. 5
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary/Honorific inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Small round stele
ii. Source(s) provenance Hicks provides no details on the find spot.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities A group of friends, philoi, erected the monument for Markianos, son of Menodotos, who maybe is their benefactor, if the completion of Hicks is correct (ll. 5-6: τὸν αὑτ<ῶ>ν | [εὐεργέτην(?)], ton aut<o>n | [euergeten(?)]).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments μνήμης χάριν, mnemes charin (ll. 3-4), is ‘not exclusively funerary’ (cf. e.g. Bean and Mitford 1970: 38, no. 18 with commentary). Therefore it is possible that the philoi honoured their benefactor in his lifetime. But in all probability they were responsible for the erection of a funerary stele of Markianos.
ii. Poland concordance Poland B 451
iii. Bibliography Bean G.E., and Mitford T.B. (1970), Journeys in Rough Cilicia 1964-1968. Köln, Vienna: 38, no. 18.
Hicks, E.L. (1891), ‘Inscriptions from Western Cilicia’, JHS 12: 228-9, no. 5.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note If the mention of the honorand as euergetes (benefactor of the group) is correct, it may indicate that the philoi are not only friends but constitute an organized private body.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain