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Geographical area |
Aegean Islands
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Region |
Kos
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Site |
Kos
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Full name (original language) |
ἐναστισταὶ καὶ δεκατισταὶ οἱ σὺν Ἀθηναγόραι (IG XII 4.2 551, ll. 3-4)
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Full name (transliterated) |
enatistai kai dekatistai hoi syn Athenagorai
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Date(s)
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s. ii - f. i BC
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Name elements |
| Cultic: | enatistai: worshippers holding holding celebrations on the 9th day of each month.
dekatistai: two interpretations have been put forwards as to the meaning of the term dekatistai:
- worshippers holding celebrations on the 10th day of each month
- in light of an inscription from Bithynia (CAP Inv. 535.) Mendel (1900: 367-8) put forward that the dekatistai are those in charge of collecting the dekate, that is financial contributions for ceremonies in the cult of Sarapis and Isis; see however RICIS 204/1002. F | | Personal: | hoi syn Athenagora |
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Source(s) |
IG XII 4.2 551 (late ii/early i BC)
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Note |
RICIS 204/1002
EV 13
Maillot 2013: no. 51
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Online Resources |
EV 13
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Dedication to Sarapis, Isis and Anoubis (l. 2) by the enatistai kai dekatistai hoi syn Athenagora.
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Physical format(s) |
Marble base. Broken at the back. H. 16 x L. 31 x Th. 17 cm.
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Source(s) provenance |
Found in the modern town of Kos.
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Founder(s) |
hoi syn Athenagorai (l. 4): Athenagoras was probably the founder or the leader of the association.
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Gender |
Male
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Leadership |
See VII.i.
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Officials |
ἱερεύς, hiereus l. 1
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Eponymous officials |
ἐπὶ ἱερέως Καλλιπίδα, epi hiereos Kallipida (l. 1): according to Segre (EV 13) Kallipidas was the priest of the association.
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Worship |
Dedication to Sarapis, Isis and Anoubis (l. 2).
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Deities worshipped |
Sarapis
Isis
Anoubis
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Comments |
For associations of enatistai kai dekatistai see also CAP Inv. 219. CAP Inv. 535.
Associations of enatistai and dekadistai are attested in Sarapieion B in Delos (CAP Inv. 219) and in Prusa ad Olympum respectively (CAP Inv. 535). The Koan inscriptions highlights, like the Delian and Bithynian material, the strong connection of these cultic groups to the worship of 'Egyptian' deities.
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Bibliography |
Maillot, S. (2013), 'Les associations à Cos', in P. Hamon and P. Fröhlich (eds.), Groupes et associations dans les cités grecques. Geneva: 199-226.
Mendel, G. (1900), ‘Inscriptions de Bithynie’, BCH 24: 361-426.
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
The cultic (enatistai, dekatistai) as well as the personal elements of the name suggests an organised private association.
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