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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 834: to koinon ton eraniston ton syn Hermiai Artemidorou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Caria
iii. Site Hyllarima

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῶν ἐρανιστῶν τῶν σὺν Ἑρμίαι Ἀρτεμιδώρου (Robert 1937: 513-5, lines 1-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton eraniston ton syn Hermiai Artemidorou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 150 (?) - 100 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:oἱ σὺν Ἑρμίαι Ἀρτεμιδώρου, hoi syn Hermiai Artemidorou
Other:οἱ ἐρανισταί, hoi eranistai
i.e. 'contributors' to the group, its funds and activities.
iii. Descriptive terms τὸ κοινὸν, to koinon
a term for the collectivity.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Robert 1937: 513-5 (ca. 150-100 BC).
Note Cf. also BE 1938: no. 405.
Online Resources PHI: Hyllarima 18
Harland, AGRW no. 7293
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble block (cube).
ii. Source(s) provenance Hyllarima.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects ΓΡΟΜΕΩΣ, gromeos (lines 4-5)
The dedication consists of a gromeos (probably a Carian word). It is unclear to what exactly this refers.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Ἑρμίας Ἀρτεμιδώρου (lines 3-4 and 7)
Hermias son of Artemidoros (see above IV.ii), probably also the de facto leader of the group, since he occurs first in the list of names presented in the inscription.
Gender Male

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Aside from Hermias, 8 other members are listed, thus there are 9 known members of the group in total.
ii. Gender Men
iv. Status All members have father's names, and thus are probably citizens.
v. Relations 2-3 of the individuals may be relatives (called Menandros or the sons of Menandros, lines 11-14): Φανίας Μενάνδρου, Μένανδρος Διονυσίου, Θεμιστοκλῆς Μενάνδρου.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The group of eranistai makes a dedication and appears to honor a single god.
Deities worshipped Zeus Panamaros

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Robert, L. (1937), Études anatoliennes, Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The formal elements of the name (koinon and mention of the founder/leader) suggest an organised private cultic association, almost certainly of a durative character.