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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 215: to koinon ton therapeuton

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῶν θεραπευτῶν (IG XI.4 1226, cr 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton therapeuton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) e. ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:therapeutai - the term is often related to worshippers of the Isiac cults.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XI.4 1226, cr 1 (e. ii BC)
Note CE no. 21
RICIS no. 202/0135
Bricault 2013: 289 no. 92a
AGRW 111
Online Resources IG XI.4 1226

AGRW 111 ID 7474
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Thank-offering by Kineas son of Agorallos to Saparpis, Isis and Anubis in Greek.
Kineas was crowned by three associations, to koinon ton therapeuton, to koinon ton melanephoron (CAP. Inv. 216) and ho thiasos ho ton Sarapiaston (CAP Inv. 217).
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble slab broken into four fragments (H. 32 x L. 163 x Th. 9 cm). It constitutes the left part of a long pedestal (4.50m long), consisting of three slabs. Three wreaths are engraved on each slab. The names of three associations that crowned Kineas are incised within each wreath.
ii. Source(s) provenance Sarapieion B

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains Sarapieion B (GD 96) lies in the Inopos river valley, on a terrace west of the Sanctuary of the Oriental Gods. It was probably constructed at the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 2nd c. BC, as suggested by a dedication that dates to 196 BC (CAP Inv. 222). It seems to have fallen out of use sometime in the period of the Second Athenian Occupation.
Sarapieion B may not have operated as a sanctuary of Sarapis but rather as a meeting place of associations centered around the cult of the Egyptian gods, appropriately equipped with dining facilities for banquets.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status Kineas son of Agorallos was a Delian.
v. Relations Kineas should probably be identified with the homonymous priest Kineas in IG XI.4 1260 (RICIS no. 202/0136); 1258 (RICIS no. 202/0137); IG XI.4 1261 (RICIS no. 202/0138). All inscriptions attesting to Kineas were found in Sarapieion B.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Thank-offering (charisterion, IG XI.4 1226, l. 1) to Sarapis, Isis and Anubis.
Deities worshipped Sarapis
Isis
Anubis
iv. Honours/Other activities To koinon ton therapeuton crowned Kineas. He was also crowned by ho thiasos ho ton Sarapiaston (CAP Inv. 217) and to koinon ton melanephoron (CAP Inv. 216).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Sarapieion B has yielded a number of inscriptions attesting to six associations, active within its premises (CAP Inv. 215; CAP Inv. 216; CAP Inv. 217; CAP Inv. 218; CAP Inv. 219; CAP Inv. 222;). All inscriptions date to the first half of the 2nd c. BC. A certain degree of connectivity is to be noted among the various associations on the basis of individuals who were members of more than one association (see esp. CAP Inv. 218).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The name (koinon ton therapeuton) suggests that this groups is a private association.