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Author: Maria Paz de Hoz

CAPInv. 1885: [hoi apo tes oikoum]enes peri ton Dion[yson kai] [Autokratora Kaisara Traianon Hadrianon Sebaston, neon Di]onyson, technitai [hieronikai] [stephanitai]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lydia
iii. Site Sardeis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκουμ]ένης περὶ τὸν Διόν[υσον καὶ] [Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Τραϊανὸν Ἁδριανὸν Σεβαστόν, νέον Δι]ό̣νυσον, τεχνίται [ἱερονίκαι] [στεφανίται (Sardis VII.1 13, ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [hoi apo tes oikoum]enes peri ton Dion[yson kai] [Autokratora Kaisara Traianon Hadrianon Sebaston, neon Di]onyson, technitai [hieronikai] [stephanitai]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - 128 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:The association honours the cult of Dionysos.
Personal:[Autokratora Kaisara Traianon Hadrianon Sebaston, neon Di]onyson -
Professional:technitai It is a guild of artists.
Other:[hieronikai] [stephanitai] - the
iii. Descriptive terms ἱερὰ συνόδος, hiera synodos
Note hiera synodos: Sardis VII.1 13, l. 1

this expression is restituted, but it is the usual descriptive term of the guild (cf. !EDITOR: cf.?!), and cf. l. 9 and 15

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Sardis VII.1 13 (ii - 128 AD)
Online Resources Sardis VII.1 13
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Decree of the Hadrianic Stage Guild about the celebration of competitions. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble slab 0.61 h. x 0.60-0.87 w.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in 1910 embedded in the south wall of the acropolis of Sardeis.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains Part of the south wall of the acropolis, where the slab is found, remains.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership The god Dionysos and the emperor Hadrian.
iii. Members All of them are technitai (artists).
iv. Officials archiereus (l. 4): Alexandros of Sardis for the third time. For the identification of this Alexandros with Alexandros son of Sopatos, thrice high-priest who appears as secretary in cf. comment on Sardis VII.1 13, l. 4.
agonothetes (l. 15)
viii. Obligations Celebration of competitions (this is the aim of the whole inscription). In this case without cost to the city (ll. 7 and 14: προῖκα, proika).

X. ACTIVITIES

i. Assemblies Sardis VII.1 13 is a decree approved by the guild, most probably in an assembly.
ii. Meetings and events Celebration of artists competitions.
iii. Worship Celebration of competitions in honor of Dionysos.
Deities worshipped Dionysos

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad The guild is international and interacts together with different cities in order to celebrate agones.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Buckler, W.H., and Robinson, D.M. (1932), Sardis VII: Greek and Latin inscriptions. Leiden: 31-2, no.
13.
Aneziri, Sophia 2003. Die Vereine der dionysischen Techniten im Kontext der hellenistischen Gesellschaft, Historia Einzelschriften 163, Franz Steiner Verlag.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The Dionysiac technitai present all features of a private association. The internal organization of the Dionysiac technitai has been meticulously established in modern scholarship.