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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 297: hoi en Peira(ie)i pragmateutai hoi peri Ba(lerion) Agathopoda Me(litea)

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	οἱ ἐν Πειρα(ιε)ῖ πραγματευταὶ οἱ περὶ Βα(λέριον) Αγαθόποδα Με(λιτέα) (IG II² 3607, ll. 9-10)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	hoi en Peira(ie)i pragmateutai hoi peri Ba(lerion) Agathopoda Me(litea)

III. DATE

Date(s)

b. 161 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii.

Name elements

Geographical:	The traders who are in Piraeus: en Peiraiei
Personal:	Those around Valerius Agathopous: peri Balerion Agathopoda Melitea
Professional:	It concerns traders: pragmateutai

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	IG II² 3607 (before AD 161)
	Note	Ed. pr. MDAI (A) 8 (1883) 287. Other publications: Syll³ 856; Ameling 1983, II no. 90. Cf. SEG 42: 122; SEG 48: 12; SEG 54: 14. BE 1999, no. 221; 2000, 351.
	Online Resources	IG II² 3607
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Greek honorific inscription for the wife of Kl. Herodes, Appia Atilia Rhegilla, since she has exercised first the priesthood of Tyche tes poleos (Fortuna), followed by a list of names.
ii.	Source(s) provenance	Found in Athens in the area west of Ardettos Hill, now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 10318.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i.	Number	Twenty seven names of members are recorded.
ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	Twenty seven names of men are recorded.
iii.	Age	Adults
iv.	Status	Citizen: 18 Unidentified: 9

XI. INTERACTION

Local interaction

The group, after consultation with the members of the Areiopagos, honours one of the most prominent Athenian of her time for holding a polis priesthood.

XII. NOTES

ii.	Poland concordance	Poland E11
iii.	Bibliography	Ameling, W. (1983), Herodes Atticus. Hildesheim.

XIII. EVALUATION

i.	Private association	Probable
	Note	The association displays most of the hallmarks of a private association: distinct name, membership, and organization.