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Last Updated on 24 May 2019

Author: Fabienne Marchand

CAPInv. 1052: to koinon ton latomon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region Boiotia
iii. Site Lebadeia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῶν λατόμων (SEG 32: 475, ll. 10-12)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton latomon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 212 - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:λατόμος, latomos: quarry-man
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: SEG 32: 475, ll. 10-11

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 32: 475 (212 - iii AD)
Note The text can also be found in the following publications:
Roesch 1982: 182-3, no. 29
Online Resources SEG 32: 475
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication of a statue of Dionysos by Markos Aurelios Neikoboulos son of Neikoboulos, priest of Zeus Trophonios and proarchos of the Baccheion, to the association of quarry-men.
i.c. Physical format(s) Small altar of grey marble. The first line (Ἀγαθῇ Τύχῃ, Agathei Tychei, SEG 32: 475, l. 1) is engraved on the molding of the altar.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members It is unclear whether the priest of Zeus Trophonios and president of the Baccheion was a member or not. Probably not.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The quarry-men are likely to be men.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship A statue of Dionysos is offered to the koinon by the priest of Zeus Trophonios and president of the Baccheion. The relation between the koinon and the god remains unclear.
Deities worshipped Perhaps Dionysos

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The koinon displays links with the priest of Zeus Trophonios who is also the president of the Baccheion, but the exact nature of those relations remains unclear.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Roesch, P. (1982), Etudes béotiennes. Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The term koinon strongly points to a private association.