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Last Updated on 15 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 504: hoi benneitai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Area of Aizanoi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ βεννεῖται (MAMA X 304, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi benneitai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) MAMA X 304 (ii AD)
Online Resources MAMA X 304
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble altar
ii. Source(s) provenance Pazarcik

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The altar is dedicated by an individual "to Zeus and the benneitai". It is natural to assume that the benneitai worshipped Zeus (possibly Zeus Bennios, whose cult is attested in this area; cf. CAPInv. 456
Deities worshipped Zeus (?)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments On bennos (and hence benneitai) as a term for "association", cf. CAPInv. 503
ii. Poland concordance Poland B *423A
iii. Bibliography Drew-Bear, Th., and Naour, Chr. (1990), ‘Divinités de Phrygie’, ANRW II.18.3: 1907-2044, esp. 1987-91, no. 19.
Schwabl, H. (1999), ‘Zum Kult des Zeus in Kleinasien (II). Der phrygische Zeus Bennios und Verwandtes’, AAntHung 39: 345-54.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note It is likely that benneitai are an equivalent to thiaseitai, members of an association.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain