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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2077: Hermaistai Autonomoi synskanoi

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I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἑρμαϊσταί Αὐτονόμοι συνσκάνοι
ii. Full name (transliterated) Hermaistai Autonomoi synskanoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Status-related:αὐτὼν, auton - This name element has been reconstrued as autononomous or independent.
Theophoric:Ἑρμαϊσταί, Hermaistai - From the god Hermes (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 15-20, 94-99).
Other:συνσκάνοι, synskanoi - Tent-mates.
Note As a subdivision of another association designated as a koinon this association should most likely also be considered a koinon, though the inscription omits a descriptive term.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII,1 101
Online Resources IG XII,1 101

AGRW no. 12520
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory-honourific inscription in Greek.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of a theophoric 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.