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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2018: Aphrodisias[tai ----] Noume[n]eion

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I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Rhodes
iii. Site Lindos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἀφροδισιασ[ταί ----] Νουμη[ν]είων
ii. Full name (transliterated) Aphrodisias[tai ----] Noume[n]eion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 10 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Νουμηνείων, Noumeneion - From the Greek personal name Νουμήνιος, Noumenios (LGPN s.v. no. 53).
Theophoric:Ἀφροδισιασταί, Aphrodisiastai, l. 3 - From the goddess Aphrodite (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 34-35, 117-18).
Note The character of the association is greatly reminiscent of other associations described as κοινὸν, koinon, although the descriptive term has been omitted in this case.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Lindos II 391
Lindos II 392b
Online Resources Lindos II 391
Lindos II 392b

AGRW no. 15070
AGRW no. 15073
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of theophoric and a personal name element, and the dedicatory-honourific context of the attested inscriptions make the private character of the association certain, although a descriptive term is omitted.