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Last Updated on 16 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 741: hoi phratores

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Aizanoi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ φράτορες (MAMA IX 89, ll. 10-11)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi phratores

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 150 - 200 AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) MAMA IX 89 (150 - 200 AD)
Online Resources MAMA IX 89
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary epigram, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele
ii. Source(s) provenance Çavdarhisar

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The funerary epigram informs about the untimely death of the young Eutychos. "The phratores" are responsible for setting up the stele and an eikon (l. 12).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The commentary in MAMA IX points out that the stele was probably brought to Aizanoi from the area of Dorylaion, where the type is more common.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note Nothing can be said with certainty about the phratores who are involved in the commemoration of young Eutychos. There are instances of phratrai in Phrygia that can plausibly be explained as private associations. In this case, the young age of Eutychos raises the question whether or not he could have been a member of such a phratra, or the son of a member.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain