Associations in the Greco-Roman World (AGRW)

An expanding collection of inscriptions, papyri, and other sources in translation (run by Philip A. Harland)

Honorary Decrees by Sacrificing Associates of Amynos, Asklepios and Dexion (313-263 BCE) ║ Athens - Attica

Honorary Decree by a Society for its Supervisors and Secretary (278/277 BCE) ║ Athens - Attica

Honorary Decree by Society-members for Leaders (272/271 BCE) ║ Athens - Attica

Honors by Asklepiasts for Alkibiades from Thorikos (ca. 250 BCE) ║ Athens - Attica

Honors by a Society of Artemis for their Secretary and Treasurer (248/247 BCE) ║ Athens - Attica

Membership List of Contributors Devoted to Artemis Kalliste (236/235 BCE) ║ Athens - Attica

Honors by Sarapiasts for Leaders (215/214 BCE) ║ Athens or the Piraeus (?) - Attica

[2] Decree of Society Members Honoring a Treasurer (194/193 BCE) ║ Athens - Attica

Honors by Sacrificing Associates of Aphrodite for their Supervisor (138/137 BCE) ║ Athens - Attica

Honors by Soteriasts for Diodoros the Founder (37-35 BCE) ║ Athens - Attica

Honors by Asklepiasts for Antiochos (ca. 150 CE) ║ Athens area [Acharnai] - Attica

[23] Exemptions by a Dionysiac Society for a Priest of Dionysos (141 CE) ║ Megara - Attica

Honorary Decree by Sacrificing Associates of Bendis for Athenian Citizens (337/336 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

[12] Decree of Sacrificing Associates of Bendis Honoring Supervisors (329/328 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

[14] Honorary Decrees by a Society Devoted to Aphrodite (302-299 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

[15] Honorary Decree of the Society Members of Tynabos (300/299 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

[16] Honorary Decree by a Society for the Secretary Demetrios (300/299 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Honors by a Society for Leaders Mentioning a Samaritan Member (III BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Honors by Society-Members of Zeus Labraundos for their Treasurer (299/298 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Honors by Sacrificing Associates of the Mother of the Gods (272/271 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Honorary Decree by Society-Members of the Mother of the Gods for Soterichos (265/264 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Honors by Contributors for Officers (ca. 250 BCE) ║ Piraeus (?) - Attica

[17] Decree of Sacrificing Associates of Bendis Honoring Two Members (241/240 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Decree of Sacrificing Associates Devoted to a Goddess (219/218 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Honors by Sacrificing Associates of the Mother of the Gods for a Priestess (213/212 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Decree of Sacrificing Associates of the Mother of the Gods (211/210 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Honors by Sacrificing Associates of Bendis for a Supervisor (ca. 190 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Membership List and Honors by Sacrificing Associates for their Treasurer (185/184 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

[19] Regulations of Sacrificing Associates of the Mother of the Gods (183-174 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

[20] Decree of Sacrificing Associates of the Mother of the Gods (178/177 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

[21] Decree of Dionysiasts Recognizing a Hero (176/175 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

Honors by Sacrificing Associates of the Mother of the Gods for a Secretary (175/174 BCE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

List of Sacrificing Associates of the Goddess Belela (200-211 CE) ║ Piraeus - Attica

List of Society-Members Honored with Crowns (ca. 300 BCE) ║ Salamis island - Attica

Honors (frag.) by a Society of the Goddess Bendis for Leaders [1] (272/271 BCE) ║ Salamis island - Attica

Honors by a Society of the Goddess Bendis for Leaders [2] (251/250 BCE) ║ Salamis island - Attica

Honors by a Society of the Goddess Bendis for Leaders [3] (249/248 BCE) ║ Salamis island - Attica

Honors by a Society of the Goddess Bendis for Leaders [4] (245/244 BCE) ║ Salamis island - Attica

Honors by a Society of the Goddess Bendis for Leaders [5] (244/243 BCE) ║ Salamis island - Attica

[24] Monument for a Founder and Hero (imperial era) ║ Argos - Peloponnesos

[28] Honors by an Association for a Woman (imperial era) ║ Gytheion - Peloponnesos

[25] Grave Mentioning a Female Cowherd (imperial era) ║ Kenchreai - Peloponnesos

[29] Membership List of an Association of Banqueters (I BCE) ║ Sparta - Peloponnesos

Regulations of Asklepios-Clan Members (360 BCE) ║ Delphi - Phokis

Grave Prepared by Associates for Gemellus (II-III CE) ║ Beroia - Macedonia

Dedication to Zeus Hypsistos by Associates (52 CE) ║ Edessa - Macedonia

[39] Dedication of an Altar for an Association of the Hero God (II CE) ║ Kassandreia - Macedonia

[40] Grave of a Treasurer of the Silversmiths (undated) ║ Kalambaki - Macedonia

Dedication to Herakles by Members of a Society (ca. 150 CE) ║ Paionia - Macedonia

[41] Contributions to the Temple of Silvanus by Members of an Association (II CE) ║ Philippi - Macedonia

Dedications of Reliefs of Nike, Nemesis, and Ares for Gladiators (II-III CE) ║ Philippi - Macedonia

[46] Donation of a Judean Synagogue by Polycharmos (II-III CE) ║ Stobi - Macedonia

[47] Honors by Sacred Object-Bearers for Cheilon (I BCE-I CE) ║ Thessalonike - Macedonia

[49] Grave of a Shipper Prepared by an Association (doumos) (90-91 CE) ║ Thessalonike - Macedonia

[51] Dedication to Theos Hypsistos by an Association of Banqueters (late I CE) ║ Thessalonike - Macedonia

[52] Story of the Foundation of an Association of Sarapis (I-II CE) ║ Thessalonike - Macedonia

[53] Honors by an Association of “Lovers of Play” (ca. 100-150 CE) ║ Thessalonike - Macedonia

Grave Prepared by Associates of Herakles for Euphranor (154 CE) ║ Thessalonike - Macedonia

Grave Prepared by Asklepiasts and Asians for Memnon (237 CE) ║ Thessalonike - Macedonia

[60] Dedication to the God Dionysos and the Initiates (III CE) ║ Abdera - Thrace

[61] Dedication of an Altar to a Company (II-III CE) ║ Augusta Traiana - Thrace

[63] Dedication of an Altar for a Synagogue of Barbers (I-II CE) ║ Perinthos-Herakleia - Thrace

[64] Honors for the Emperor by a Baccheion of Asians (196-198 CE) ║ Perinthos-Herakleia - Thrace

[65] Sibylline Oracle Concerning a Dionysiac Company (II CE) ║ Perinthos-Herakleia - Thrace

Graffito for Apollo by the Boreikian Society (ca. 300 BCE) ║ Olbia - Scythia and Moesia

Dedication and Membership List (frag.) of a Society (?) (173-211 CE) ║ Gorgippia - Bosporan region

Dedication to Aphrodite Ourania by a Society (150-125 BCE) ║ Pantikapaion - Bosporan region

[87] Grave for a Member of a Synod (ca. 100 CE) ║ Pantikapaion - Bosporan region

[88] Grave for a “Brother” of the Synod (200-250 CE) ║ Pantikapaion - Bosporan region

Honors by a “House” of Shippers for a Leader (undated) ║ Amastris - Pontus

Honors by a Society of Isis Devotees for Anubion (I BCE-I CE) ║ Kios - Bithynia

Honours by Judeans for Tation Daughter of Straton (III CE) ║ Kyme or Phokaia - Mysia and the Troad

Honors by Dionysiac Cowherds for a Leader (I CE) ║ Pergamon - Mysia and the Troad

Honors by Civic Institutions for a Hierophant of Dionysos Kathegemon (ca. 250 CE) ║ Philadelphia - Lydia

Honors for an Initiate of Dionysos Kathegemon (II CE) ║ Philadelphia - Lydia

[133] Honors by Dyers for a Civic Leader (120-130 CE) ║ Thyatira - Lydia

Honors by the Dyers for a Superintendent (ca. 193-211 CE) ║ Thyatira - Lydia

[136] Honors by Dyers for a Roman Military Official (199-250 CE) ║ Thyatira - Lydia

[142] Honors by Hymn-singers of the Mother Goddess for a Benefactor (III CE) ║ Thyatira - Lydia

[143] Honors by Slave Traders for a Slave-merchant (undated) ║ Thyatira - Lydia

[144] Grave Prepared by Children and Members of a Brotherhood (undated) ║ Thyatira - Lydia

[147] Dedication of a Statue of Council Personified by Dyers (100-150 CE) ║ Hierapolis - Phrygia

[153] Honors by the Sanhedrin of Romans and Other Groups for Apollonides (pre-212 CE) ║ Hierapolis - Phrygia

[180] Honors by Performers from Asia for a Benefactor (37-41 CE) ║ Miletos area [Didyma] - Ionia

[187] Grave of a Cilician Prepared by the Friends of Agrippa (I CE-early II CE) ║ Smyrna - Ionia

[198] Dedication of an Altar for the Fellow Hymn-Singers of Hadrian (ca. 200 CE) ║ Smyrna - Ionia

[200] Honors by Initiates of Demeter for a Benefactor (undated) ║ Smyrna - Ionia

Honorary Decree by Athletes for Menandros (161-169 CE) ║ Aphrodisias - Caria

[203] Donations by Initiates of Dionysos (II CE) ║ Magnesia on the Maeander - Caria

[205] Honors by Initiates for Amyntianus the Priest of Isis and Sarapis (post-132 CE) ║ Tralles - Caria

Honors by a Synod and by Epicureans for a Philosopher and Priest (II CE) ║ Rhodiapolis - Lycia

[216] Honors by Attabokaian Initiates for Heras the Priest (150-200 CE) ║ Pessinous - Galatia

Dedication to Sarapis, Isis, and Anubis by Ninth-Day Celebrators (ca. 200 BCE) ║ Delos - Southwestern islands

Dedication to Isis by Ninth-Day Celebrators (ca. 200 BCE) ║ Delos - Southwestern islands

[223] Honorary Decree of Tyrian Immigrants for a Member and Priest (153-152 BCE) ║ Delos - Southwestern islands

[225] Dedication of a Statue Group of Aphrodite and Pan by a Berytian Immigrant (153-88 BCE) ║ Delos - Southwestern islands

[228] Honors by Berytians for a Roman Praetor (ca.128 BCE or 87 BCE) ║ Delos - Southwestern islands

[249] Honors by Hermaists for a Priest (ca. 115 BCE) ║ Lindos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands

[250] Donations by Timopolis and Associations to Athena and Zeus (ca. 115 BCE) ║ Lindos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands

[252] Honors by Dioskouriasts for the Priest Nikagoras (93 BCE) ║ Lindos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands

[253] Honors by Associations for a Soldier (ca. 88-85 BCE) ║ Lindos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands

[255] Dossier of Dionysodoros the Alexandrian (II BCE) ║ Rhodos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands

[256] Grave of the Alexandrians Iacchos and Dionysodoros (II BCE) ║ Rhodos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands

[257] Victories in Contests of Tribes within an Immigrant Association (200-150 BCE) ║ Rhodos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands

Honors by Panathenaist Soldiers and Family Members (ca. 100 BCE) ║ Rhodos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands

Honors by Samothraciasts and Others for a Soldier (100-50 BCE) ║ Rhodos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands

Honors by the Theaideteian Fellow-soldiers for Theaidetes (I BCE) ║ Rhodos on Rhodes - Southeastern islands

[263] Honorary Decree by Sarapiasts for the Eponymous Official (II BCE) ║ Thasos - Northern islands

Dedication by the “Father” of an Association of Tax-farmers (?) (undated) ║ Berytos - Syria and Phoenicia

[279] Dedication by an Ex-president of a Synod (30 BCE–14 CE) ║ Alexandria - Delta region

Dedication of a Statue of the Gods Herakles and Harpokrates by Herakleides (25 BCE) ║ Alexandria - Delta region

[280] Decree of a Synod Devoted to the Emperor (5 BCE) ║ Alexandria - Delta region

Dedication of a Statue for a Chief Priest of a Synod (10/9 BCE) ║ Alexandria - Delta region

[284] Dedication by Physicians for a Chief-physician (7 CE) ║ Alexandria - Delta region

Dedication by Pankrates for a Synod of Farmers (23-24 CE) ║ Alexandria - Delta region

Dedication for a Synod of the Goddess Thermouthis (25 CE) ║ Alexandria - Delta region

Honorific Decree by a Gathering for a Benefactor (4/5 CE) ║ Alexandria - Delta region

Dedication of a Statue by a Former President of a Synod (30-37 CE) ║ Alexandria - Delta region

[283] Dedication of a Statue to a Synagogue by a President (imperial era) ║ Alexandria - Delta region

[285] Dedication by a Founder and President of an Association (29/28 BCE) ║ Kanopos - Delta region

Honorary Decree by Idumean Soldiers for Dorion (112/111 BCE) ║ Memphis - Delta region

[287] Honorary Decree by Fellow-farmers for Paris (67 and 64 BCE) ║ Psenamosis - Delta region

Decree of Landowners and Farmers on Rebuilding after an Earthquake (5 BCE) ║ Psenemphaia - Delta region

Honors (frag.) by a Group of Macedonians for a Benefactor (332-330 BCE) ║ Sebennytos - Delta region

Dedication of a Statue for a President by an Association of Bakers (3 CE) ║ Arsinoites - Fayum region

Declaration and Inventory of Flocks by Sheep and Cattle Herders (160 CE) ║ Euhemeria - Fayum region

Declaration by Camel Herders (135-136 CE) ║ Karanis - Fayum region

[289] Letter Concerning Inability to Pay Contributions (184 CE) ║ Karanis - Fayum region

Dedication of a Statue of Herakleides for a Synod (17 BCE) ║ Memphis - Fayum region

Letter Concerning Seizure of a Surety by a President of an Association (after 142 BCE) ║ Philadelphia - Fayum region

Dedication by Sheep Breeders to the god Soknopaios (24 BCE) ║ Soknopaiou Nesos - Fayum region

Letter (frag.) to Members of a Priestly Synod (before 46 CE) ║ Tebtynis - Fayum region

Court Records Regarding Taxation of Fullers and Dyers (161-169 CE) ║ Tebtynis - Fayum region

Decree (frag.) of a Prefect Regarding a Member of the Weavers’ Association (62 CE) ║ Oxyrhynchos - Upper Egypt

Petition by Coppersmiths Regarding Payment for Labor (283-292 CE) ║ Oxyrhynchos - Upper Egypt

Price Declaration by a Association of Tavern-Keepers (312 CE) ║ Oxyrhynchos - Upper Egypt

Dedication by a Synod of Royalists (143 BCE) ║ Setis Island - Upper Egypt

Common Grave of a Synod of Singers (150-100 BCE) ║ Rome - Latium

Grave of a President of an Association of Scribes (50-25 BCE) ║ Rome - Latium

Grave of the Curator of an Association of Scribes (I CE) ║ Rome - Latium

Donation by an Imperial Slave for an Association of Wine Traders (102 CE) ║ Rome - Latium

Donation for an Association of Flute Players and Lyre Players (102 CE) ║ Rome - Latium

Building Dedication by an Association on an Imperial Estate (100-150 CE) ║ Rome - Latium

Dedication by Incense and Perfume Dealers (100-150 CE) ║ Rome - Latium

Dedication to Concordia for an Association of Gold Workers (II CE) ║ Rome - Latium

[319] Honors by Paean Singers for a Prophet and “Father” (146 CE) ║ Rome - Latium

[325] Honors by a Sacred Synod of Athletes for M. Ulpius Domesticus (mid-II CE) ║ Rome - Latium

Reservation and Membership List (frag.) of Money-Lenders and Stenographers (ca. 200 CE) ║ Rome - Latium

Donation to an Association of Lime Burners (III CE) ║ Rome - Latium

Dedication to Isis by Firmus the Priest and Financial Officer of an Association (imperial era) ║ Rome - Latium

Dedication to Hercules by a President of the Bakers (100-150 CE) ║ Tibur - Latium