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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 343: hoi peri ton eponymon Aristoboulon Kolainiastai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Myrrhinous (modern day Markopoulo) in Mesogaia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ περὶ τὸν ἐπώνυμον Ἀριστόβουλον Κολαινιασταί (IG II3 (4) (2) 1103, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi peri ton eponymon Aristoboulon Kolainiastai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii / iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:peri ton eponymous Aristoboulon: Those around Aristoboulos the eponymous
Theophoric:Kolainiastai: from the epithet of Artemis Kolainis

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II3 (4) (2) 1103 (II/III AD)
Note Ed. pr.: MDAI(A) 12 (1887): 282, no. 180
Other publications: IG II2 4817; MDAI(A) 62 (1937): 9, no. 9; MDAI(A) 67 (1942): 164, no. 342b (with IG II2 4817); Vivliodetis 2005: 51, no. 7
Cf. SEG 41: 340; 45: 2351. BE 1948: no. 64
Online Resources IG II2 4817 with MDAI(A) 67 (1942): 164, no. 342b
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication to (Artemis) Kolainis followed by a list of members.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble base with a moulding and on top a base of an Ionian column, measuring about 0.65x0.25m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Built in the front side of the altar in the church of Hagios Petros in the locality Pyrgoi, west of Kalyvia Thorikou.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials Eponymous (ἐπώνυμος, eponymos, ll. 1, 4)
Priest (ἱερεύς, hiereus, l. 6)
Priestess (ἱέρεια, hiereia, ll. 7, 9)
Leitor (λείτωρ, leitor, l. 25)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number At least twenty members are recorded.
ii. Gender Men
Women
Note There are 15 men and 5 women.
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status There may have been some citizens but most members' status cannot be defined.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Given the dedication to (Artemis) Kolainis (l. 2), one may suppose worship by the group.
Deities worshipped (Ἅρτεμις) Κολαινίς, (Artemis) Kolainis (?)

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A60
iii. Bibliography Vivliodetis, E. (2005), Ho demos tou Myrrhinountos. He organossi kai he historia tou. Athens. (SEG 55: 2106)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The association displays most of the hallmarks of a private association: distinct name, membership, organization, and durability.