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Last Updated on 03 Mar 2017

Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 696: U-THR-008

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Inland Thrace
iii. Site Nicopolis ad Istrum

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-THR-008

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Imp.

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
σπεῖρα, speira
Note koinon: IGBulg II 671, l. 3
speira: IGBulg II 671, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGBulg II 671 (Imp.)
Online Resources IGBulg II 671 and AGRW ID 14093
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Lower part of marble relief
ii. Source(s) provenance From Nicopolis ad Istrum, though exact place and date of finding not recorded.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership ἱερεύς, hiereus (l. 1)
πατὴρ σπείρης, pater speires, see section XII.comments.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Due to the fragmentary state of preservation, it is not absolutely certain that ἱερεύς, hiereus, and πατὴρ σπείρης, pater speires, refer to two different persons or to one and the same.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The term koinon (l. 3) and the title pater speires (l. 2), point to a σπεῖρα, speira and to an association devoted to the cult of Dionysos.