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Last Updated on 01 Jul 2019

Author: Aitor Blanco Perez

CAPInv. 1670: he hiera Letous geitniasis

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Pisidia
iii. Site Termessos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ ἱερὰ Λητοῦς γειτνίασις (TAM III.1 765, l. 11)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he hiera Letous geitniasis

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 212 (?) - iv (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:Λητώ, Leto
Other:ἱερὰ hiera
iii. Descriptive terms γειτνίασις, geitniasis
Note geitniasis: TAM III.1 765, l. 11

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) TAM III.1 765 (212 (?) - iv (?) AD)
Online Resources TAM III.1 765
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Text cut in a sarcophagus with measurements: 1.09x1.88x0.8.
ii. Source(s) provenance Necropolis E 10, on the southern slope.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income The group is stated as recipient of a funerary fine, which indicates a possible access to self-funding.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The name of the group specifically mentions Leto, whose worship in Termessos is also attested by other inscriptions (TAM III.1 380, 522, 526).
Deities worshipped Leto

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note This single reference appears on a funerary inscription in which the group is mentioned as the recipient of a fine. It is impossible to know any precise detail about its internal functioning, activities or members. Its evaluation as a private association cannot therefore be confirmed with certainty on the basis of the available evidence.