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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 350: koinon ton Sarapiaston

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) κοινὸν τῶν Σαραπιαστῶν (Petrakos, Δῆμος τοῦ Ραμνοῦντος, 59, ll. 22, 38-39)
ii. Full name (transliterated) koinon ton Sarapiaston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Sarapiaston: The members carry a name derived from the Egyptian god Sarapis.
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: Petrakos, Δῆμος τοῦ Ραμνοῦντος, 59, ll. 22, 34, 38

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Petrakos, Δῆμος τοῦ Ραμνοῦντος, 59 (l. iii BC)
Note Other publications: SEG 49: 161; RICIS 101/0502; GRA I 27; Bricault 2013: 294, no. 94

Cf. SEG 41: 74; 55: 39(II); 57: 136 BE 2001: no. 197. PAE 1999 [2002]: 6. Oetjen 2014: 227, no. 78
Online Resources Petrakos, Δῆμος τοῦ Ραμνοῦντος, 59 and AGRW ID 3912
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorary decree for the Athenian general Apollodoros, son of Sogenes of Otryne.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele broken on top right measuring 0.81x0.38-40m, with a crown in relief at the bottom.
ii. Source(s) provenance It was found reused in a rectangular building identified subsequently as hestiatorion (since it contained five couches) to the north of the eastern gate of the wall. Now in Rhamnous 888Φ.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The stone slab (στήλη, stele) on which the decree is inscribed, ll. 29, 33.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Σαραπιασταί, Sarapiastai (ll. 19-20)
iv. Officials ἱεροποιοί, hieropoioi are mentioned in l. 27.
v. Other staff Six men will form a committee to take care the engraving of the decree and the erection of the stele, ll. 30-33.
Known practice of appointment The association will elect (ἑλέσθαι, helesthai) these six members, l. 30.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The association had a treasury called κοινόν, koinon in l. 33-34.
ii. Realty The honoured general has donated a piece of land (τόπος, topos) to the association, ll. 12-16. There is also a reference to a temple (ναός, naos) in l. 30.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The name of mentioned members are male names.
Δημοκλῆς Εὐπυρίδης, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (35)
Ἀντιφάνης ἐξ Οἴου, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (75)
Κλεοδωρίδης Ῥαμνούσιος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (8)
Βίων Φρεάρριος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (18)
Ἀφθόνητος Ῥαμνούσιος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (16)
Φιλοκλῆς Ἐρχιεύς, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (59)
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status The six members of the committee are all Athenian citizens.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The hieropoioi of the group shall invite Apollodoros to attend their sacrifices, ll. 26-27. The group build a temple to Sarapis and Isis, on the plot received as a gift (ll. 13-15): this suggest worship by the group.
Deities worshipped Σάραπις, Sarapis
Ἴσις, Isis
iv. Honours/Other activities The association praise (ἐπαινέσαι, epainesai) and grants a golden crown (χρυσοῦς στέφανος, chrysous stephanos) to Apollodoros, ll. 23-24.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The association, beneficiary of the goodwill and generosity of the general Apollodoros interacts with the most important figure in Rhamnous.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2006), ‘Group and individuals in IRhamnous 59 (SEG 49: 161)’, in J.Chr. Couvenhes and S. Milanezi (eds.), Individus, groupes et politique à Athènes de Solon à Mithridate (Actes du colloque international Tours 7 et 8 mars 2005), Bordeaux: 315-38.
Bricault, L. (ed.) (2013), Les cultes isiaques dans le monde greco-romain. Paris.
Bricault, L. (2014), ‘Les Sarapiastes’, in G.Tallet and Chr. Zivie-Coche (eds.), Le myrte et la rose. Melanges offerts a Francoise Dunand par ses eleves, collegues et amis. Montpellier: 41-8.
Oetjen, R. (2014), Athen im dritten Jahrhundert v. Chr. Politik und Gesellschaft in den Garnisonsdemen auf der Grundlage der inschriftlichen Überlieferung. Duisburg.

XIII. EVALUATION

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