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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Aegean Islands
ii.	Region	Thasos
iii.	Site	Thasos

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	οἱ Σαραπιασταί (IG XII Suppl. 365, l. 2).
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	hoi Sarapiastai

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii.

Name elements

Theophoric:

Sarapis

iii.

Descriptive terms

κοινόν, koinon

Note

koinon, ll. 6, 16.

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	IG XII Suppl. 365 (ii. BC)
	Note	RICIS no. 201/0101 (Bricault 2013: 95). SIRIS no. 265.
	Online Resources	IG XII Suppl. 365
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Decree in Greek of the Sarapiastai concerning the sale of the eponymia (the post of the eponymous office) of the association.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Marble door jamb broken below (H. 78 x W. 31 x Th. 22 cm).
ii.	Source(s) provenance	It was found in 1924, reused as a threshold in the ‘gate of the deity on a chariot’ in Thasos (NW part of the city).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii.

References to buildings/objects

ἱερὰ κλισία, hiera klisia (l. 8) (sacred banquet room or sacred couch)
κώθων, kothon (banquet) (l. 17)
ἱερόν, hieron (sanctuary) (l. 34)
ἐπιφανέστατος τόπος, epiphanestatos topos (l. 35)
στρόφιον λευκόν, strophion leukon (ll. 8-9)

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii.	Members	συνσαραπιασταί, synsarapiastai (ll. 31-32).
iv.	Officials	ἐπώνυμος, eponymos (l. 36) ἱερεύς, hiereus (l. 18) (priest) γραμματεύς, grammateus (ll. 19, 33-34) (secretary) The eponymous magistrate was entitled to the following privileges (gera, l. 6): - to recline in the sacred banquet room (or in the sacred couch) wearing a white headband (ll. 7-9) - to be crowned with the eponymous crown in every synodos at the expenses of the koinon (ll. 9-12) - to have his name written on the administrative acts of the Sarapiastai throughout his life (ll. 13-17) - to vote along with the priest and the secretary in the kothon (ll. 17-20). - to have the stele of the decree set up in the most conspicuous place in the sanctuary whenever he wishes to (ll. 34-36).
	Eponymous officials	ἐπώνυμος, eponymos (l. 36)
	Known practice of appointment	eponymous: by bid (96 dr.)
v.	Other staff	δοχεύς, docheus (l. 11) (host) ἱεροκήρυξ, hierokeryx (l. 13) (sacred herald)
vi.	Laws and rules	προστέ[τα]κται ἐν τῶι νόμωι, proste[ta]ktai en toi nomoi (l. 20)
vii.	Judicial system	The Sarapiastai issued administrative acts (ll. 13-15). The eponymous magistrate along with the priest and the secretary had the right to vote in the kothon as prescribed by the law (ll. 17-20).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i.

Treasury/Funds

The eponymos should pay 96 drachmas to the koinon (i.e. to the treasury) in three annual instalments.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i.	Number	Six names are preserved in the stele (the lower part of the stele is broken).
ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	All names inscribed in the stele are of men.
iv.	Status	All members were citizens (name followed by patronymic).

X. ACTIVITIES

i.	Assemblies	κώθων, kothon (l. 17): the epomymos was allowed to vote along with the priest and the secretary in the kothon (ll. 17-20).
ii.	Meetings and events	σύνοδος, synodos (l. 10): the epomymos was to be crowned with the eponymous crown in every synodos at the expenses of the koinon (ll. 9-12).

XII. NOTES