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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2011: Aphrodisiastai Epitygchanon[teion] kai Aphrodisiastai Meneteion koinon

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I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Rhodes
iii. Site Rhodos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἀφροδισιασταί Ἐπιτυγχανον[τείων] καὶ Ἀφροδισιασται Μενητείων κοινὸν
ii. Full name (transliterated) Aphrodisiastai Epitygchanon[teion] kai Aphrodisiastai Meneteion koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Ἐπιτυνγχανον[τείων], Epitygchanon[teion], l. 16 - From the Greek personal name Ἐπιτυγχάνων, Epitynchanon (LGPN I s.v. no. 12).

Μενητείων, Meneteion, l. 17 - From the Greek personal name Μένης, Menes (LGPN I s.v. no. 14).
Theophoric:Ἀφροδισιασταί, Aphrodisiastai, l. 3 - From the goddess Aphrodite (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 34-35, 117-18).
iii. Descriptive terms κοινὸν, koinon, l. 17.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) ASAA 22 (1939/40) 151,6
Online Resources ASAA 22 (1939/40) 151,6
AGRW no. 15021
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory-Honourific
i.c. Physical format(s) A statue base of marble from Lartos.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive term koinon (κοινόν), used together with a theophoric name element and two personal name elements, guarantees the private character of the association.