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Last Updated on 29 Aug 2019

Author: Francesco Guizzi

CAPInv. 959: U-AEI-016

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Crete
iii. Site Hierapytna

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-AEI-016

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 125 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms τὸ κοινόν, to koinon (l. 12)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Cret III.3 7 (ii ad)
Online Resources I.Cret III.3 7
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Decree of Hierapytna concerning the association founded by Ago. Greek.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Ἀγώ
Gender Female

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income l. 6-7: "]ανέτω μέχρι οὗ ἐὰν ἀποδῷ ἐὰν δὲ μ[ὴ — ... —]Ι̣μεν μὴ ἔστω τῆς γερουσίας, ἀλλὰ ἕτερος ["
Members paid tributes to the association, and lack thereof could/would result in exclusion from the γερουσία.
ll. 12-13, 16 mention five denaria and three measures (see Guarducci ad lin. 12) of three-year wine. The five denaria are for the procession called ἀνγλάριον, anglarion (on the meaning, see Guarducci).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status The decree ends with a list of members that were probably present (παρῆσαν, paresan, l. 22) when the decree was written (attesting around 24 fully or mostly preserved names).
Ti(berius) Claudius Hyperanthes, who was βουλῆς πρήγιστος (the senior councillor) and Ti(berius) Claudius [Aristagoras] (ll. 23-24) are most likely among the most prominent men of the city, cf. I.Cret. III.3 30 and Guarducci ad lin. 23.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Γ 19

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The association was founded by a woman belonging to a prominent family. Its activity covered above all honors to the founder, convivial and cultual matters. Its private nature is sure.