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Geographical area |
Attica with Salamis
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Region |
Attica
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Site |
Athens
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Full name (original language) |
[ἐρα]νισταὶ (Agora XVI 202, ll. 4-5)
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Full name (transliterated) |
[era]nistai
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Date(s)
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286 - 239 (?) BC
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Source(s) |
Agora XVI 202 (286 - 239 (?) BC)
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Note |
Ed. pr. Hesperia 6 (1937) 453 no. 4.
The text is written stoichedon.
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Online Resources |
Agora XVI 202
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Fragmentary decree in Greek.
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Physical format(s) |
Marble stele preserving only its left side, measuring 0,115x0,123m.
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Source(s) provenance |
Found in a modern context in the Athenian Agora, I 3241.
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Officials |
Secretary (ἐγραμμάτευεν, egrammateuen, l. 2).
Steward ([ἐπιμ]ελητα[ί], epimeletai, l. 1).
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Judicial system |
The remains in ll. 4-6: ων εἴπει ἢ γρά[ψει — — — ἐρα?]|ΝΙΣΤΑΣ ὀφειλ[— — — τεῖ Ἀφ]|ροδίτει, on eipei e gra[psei --- era]nistas opheil[--- tei Aph]roditei) strongly suggest some sort of fine for violation of duties perhaps by an official of the group.
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Income |
A source of income was probably the imposed fine in ll. 4-6.
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Worship |
Fragmentary mention of Aphrodite in dative (in connection with the levy of fines?) could suggest some form of worship by the group (ll. 5-6).
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Deities worshipped |
Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodite (?)
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Bibliography |
Tracy, S. (2003), Athens and Macedon. Attic letters-cutters of 300 to 229 B.C.. Berkeley: 86
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
Despite a degree of uncertainty about the restoration [era]nistas, the group displays salient features of a structured group.
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