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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 592: to systema Artemeisiakon (l. Artemisiakon) mega epikaloumenon ton gnapheon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Arabia
iii. Site Gerasa

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ σύστεμα Ἀρτεμεισιακὸν (l. Ἀρτεμισιακὸν) μέγα ἐπικαλούμενον τῶν γναφέων (SEG 35: 1572, ll. 9-10)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to systema Artemeisiakon (l. Artemisiakon) mega epikaloumenon ton gnapheon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 207 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:gnapheis
Theophoric:Artemisiakon: Artemis
Other:mega
iii. Descriptive terms σύστεμα, systema
Note systema: SEG 35: 1572, l. 9

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 35: 1572 (AD 207)
Online Resources SEG 35: 1572
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Small chalk altar, inscription on four sides
ii. Source(s) provenance At the way up to the sanctuary of Artemis at Gerasa

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Zenon son of Ariston (ll. 10-11)
Gender Male

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty L. 9 seems to refer to the delineation of sacred space (τὸ κλῖτος περιέλαβαν, to klitos perielaban, ll. 8-9). Gatier 1985: 310 infers from this that the association had been founded rather recently.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The altar is erected for the soteria (l. 1) of the emperors.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments This is a professional association (systema) that "is also called the great Artemisiac (association)".
iii. Bibliography Gatier, P.-L. (1985) ‘Nouvelles inscriptions de Gerasa’, Syria 62: 297-312, esp. 308-10.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Professional associations in the 2nd/3rd century AD were often very close to the official civic institutions, but they probably remained essentially private associations.