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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 331: koinon ton Sidonion

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) κοινὸν τῶν Σιδωνίων (IG II2 2946, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) koinon ton Sidonion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 96 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Ethnic:Sidonioi: individuals originating from Sidon in modern Lebanon.
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: IG II2 2946, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 2946 (96 BC)
Note Ed. pr.: RA 1888: (A) 5
Other publications: Michel no. 1719; SEG 40: 187
Cf. SEG 52: 101 and 1929; 57: 2071
Online Resources IG II2 2946 and AGRW ID 5450
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Bilingual Phoenician - Greek honorary inscription for Shema'ba'al son of Magon (Phoenician text) or in Greek, Diopeithes of Sidon.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele. In its upper part the text in Phoenician.
ii. Source(s) provenance Piraeus in an area called Krommydarou west of Etioneia, now in Louvre, Paris.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership In the Phoenician text, Shema'ba'al = Diopeithes is defined president of the association.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Διοπείθης Σιδώνιος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (69)
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Foreigner: Sidonios

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A65a
iii. Bibliography Ameling, W. (1990), ‘Koinon ton Sidonion’, ZPE 81: 188-99. (SEG 40: 187)
Baslez, M.-Fr., and Briquel-Chatonet, Fr. (1991a), ‘Un exemple d'integration phenicienne au monde grec: les Sidoniens du Piree a la fin du IVe siecle’, in Atti II congresso internazionale di studi Fenici e Punici (Rome, 1987), Roma: 229-40.
Baslez, M.-Fr., and Briquel-Chatonet, Fr. (1991b), ‘De l'oral a l'ecrit: le bilinguisme des Pheniciens en Grece’, in C. Baurain and C. Bonnet and W. Krings (eds.), Phoinikeia grammata. Lire et ecrire en Mediterranee (Actes du colloque de Liege, 15-18 novembre 1989), Namur: 371-86.
Briquel Chatonet, Fr. (2012), ‘Les inscriptions phenico-grecques et le bilinguisme des Pheniciens’, CRAI 2012: 619-38.
Manganaro, G. (2000), ‘Fenici, Cartaginesi, Numidi tra i Greci’, NAC 29: 255-68.
Parker, R. (1996), Athenian religion. A history. Oxford. (SEG 47: 26)
Tracy, S. (1990), Attic letter-cutters of 229 to 86 B.C. Berkeley: 247. (SEG 40: 129)
Vélissaropoulos, J. (1980), Les nauclères grecs. Recherches sur les institutions maritimes en Grèce et dans l’Orient hellénisé. Genève: 103.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The association displays all the hallmarks of a private association: distinct name, membership, organization, property and durability.