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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 2135: eranistai hoi meta Strombichou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Rhamnous

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἐρανισταὶ οἱ μετὰ Στρομβίχου
ii. Full name (transliterated) eranistai hoi meta Strombichou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:Individuals contributors to the provision of a loan.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I. Rhamnous 527
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Horos inscription
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Rhamnous now in the collection there (2174, Φ 153).

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Strombichos was probably the leading personality of the group.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The group has provided a loan of 200 drachmas and secured their claim on land.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number One member is attested.
ii. Gender Men
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Strombichos is a citizen.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens.
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Finley, M. (1951), Studies in land and credit in ancient Athens, 500-200 B.C. The Horos inscriptions. New Brunswick.
Harris, E. (2013), ‘Finley’s Studies in land and credit sixty years later’, Dike 16: 123-46.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C.. Paris.
Millett, P. (1991), Lending and borrowing in ancient Athens. Cambridge.
Petrakos, B. (2020), O demos tou Rhamnountos. VI Hoi epigraphes, ta charagmata, ta stathmia, hoi marturies. Athenai.
Thomsen, Chr. (2015), ‘The eranistai of classical Athens’, GRBS 55: 154-75.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The group carries a distinct name but there is no evidence that it had any internal organization and division of labour.