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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 250: to koinon [ton ...

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν [τῶν ... (Agora 16 223, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon [ton ...

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 227 / 226 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: Agora 16 223, ll. 3, 4, 6

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Agora 16 223 (227/6 BC)
Note Ed. pr. Hesperia 30 (1961) 227 no. 26.
Cf. SEG 21: 532.BE 1962, no. 107.
Online Resources Agora 16 223
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorary decree.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele preserving its left side, measuring 0,37x0,155m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the Market Squ. near the church of Hagios Demetrios, between Pnyx and Philopappou Hill, now in Agora, I 5887.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials Secretary (γραμματεύς, grammateus, l. 7).
Treasurer (ταμίας, tamias, l. 20).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Νικόμαχος Νίκωνος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (17).
Γνᾶθις, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (5).
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status One probably citizen, one unidentified.

X. ACTIVITIES

i. Assemblies In the preamble of the decree, the editor restores the expression referring to the main assembly (ἀγορᾶι κυρίαι, agorai kyriai, l. 1) as it is expected.
iv. Honours/Other activities The association has crowned (στ[εφανωθείς], st[ephanotheis], l. 12) the honoured person.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The decree was passed when Theophilos was archon.
In the name of the association, the designation thiasoton is restored in l. 3 with no degree of certainty, since any other designation (e.g. orgeonon, eraniston) could fit.
iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens: 70.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Given the terminology used (koinon), the internal organisation, and activities mentioned, it is probable that we are dealing with a private association.