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Last Updated on 24 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 728: hoi phil[oi kai sy]skenoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Phoenicia
iii. Site Sidon

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ φίλ[οι καὶ σύ]σκηνοι (RA 4 (1904): 8-9, ll. 3-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi phil[oi kai sy]skenoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Status-related:syskenoi (military)
Other:syskenoi (military), philoi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) RA 4 (1904): 8-9 (ii - i BC)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Memorial inscription, in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele with painting, showing floral motives
ii. Source(s) provenance Sidon, in a modern garden

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The two philoi kai syskenoi bear Lacedaimonian names. They were certainly comrades of the deceased Aristeidas, a "Lacedaimonian from Gytheion".
ii. Poland concordance Poland B *451F
iii. Bibliography Jalabert, L. (1904), ‘Nouvelles stèles peintes de Sidon’, RA 4: 1-16.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Discarded
Note There was no group called philoi kai syskenoi apart from the two dedicants, who with this expression signalled their personal connection to their deceased comrade.