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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1911: to koinon ton aleiphomenon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Karpathos
iii. Site Potidaion (modern Pigadia)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῶν ἀλειφομένων (SIRIS 246 ll. 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton aleiphomenon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Status-related:aleiphomenoi: gymnasium group
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SIRIS 246 (ii BC)
Note Ed. pr. Segre 1933: 580 no. 2
RICIS 204/0901
Online Resources Historia 7 (1933) 580 no. 2
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek to Sarapis, Isis and Anoubis as a thank-offering by an unknown individual who was honored by the koinon ton aleiphomenon.
i.c. Physical format(s) Small marble base. H. 18 x W. 29 x. Th. 20 cm.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a house in Pigadia (ancient Potidaion) after the demolition of a wall which it was built into.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The koinon ton aleiphomenon honoured an individual (only the first three letters of his personal name are preserved ΔΕΙ[...]).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The inscription is not included in Chankowski 2010.
iii. Bibliography Chankowski, A.S. (2010), L'éphébie hellénistique. Étude d'une institution civique dans les cités des îles de la mer égée et de l'Asie Mineure. Paris.
Segre, M. (1933), ‘Iscrizioni di Scarpanto’, Historia 7: 577-88.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The term name koinon indicates a formally organized group, which was probably centered around the gymnasium, as suggested by the name aleiphomenoi. This inscription constitutes the only evidence for the presence of a gymnasium on Karpathos. It remains therefore unclear whether the gymnasium in Karpathos functioned as a civic institution or a private club.It is thus hard to draw any firm conclusions on the precise nature of the aleiphomenoi other than its link to the gymnasium.