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Author: Paschalis Paschidis

CAPInv. 723: bakchion (i.e. bakcheion) Asianon Beientoros

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Mygdonia
iii. Site Thessalonike

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) βακχῖον (i.e. βακχεῖον) Ἀσιανῶν Βειέντορος (SEG 56: 812)
ii. Full name (transliterated) bakchion (i.e. bakcheion) Asianon Beientoros

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 237 / 238 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:bakcheion.
On the term, see Nigdelis 2006: 138 and Jaccottet II no. 349.
Ethnic:Asianoi, cf. CAPInv. 51 (IV.ii: Name elements)
Personal:Beientor, cf. VII.i: Founder, below.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 56: 812 (AD 237/8)
Online Resources IG X.2.1 480 (this edition without the corrections by Nigdelis 2006: 135-46) and AGRW ID 15511
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek funerary inscription.
i.c. Physical format(s) Funerary altar

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) If Nigdelis 2006: 144-5 is correct in assuming that the genitive Βειέντορος, Beientoros, is part of the association's name, then Beientor was probably the founder of the bakcheion.
Gender Male

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Two different associations paid for the funerary monument of the musician Memnon: the bakcheion of the Asianoi of Beientor and the threskia of the Asklepiastai (CAPInv. 724). This may indicate that the deceased was a member of both associations; alternatively, it may be explained by the assumption that the deceased had offered his professional services as a musician to both associations.

On the other associations of Asianoi from Macedonia, see the comments on the other such association from Thessalonike in CAPInv. 722.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments In his reedition of the text, Nigdelis 2006: 135-46 does not comment on the change from accusative to genitive in the references of the two associations mentioned in SEG 56: 812. The mistake is probably due to the genitive Ἀσκληπιαστῶν Asklepiaston immediately preceding the mention to the βακχῖον bakchion.
iii. Bibliography Nigdelis, P.M. (2006), Επιγραφικά Θεσσαλονίκεια. Συμβολή στην πολιτική και κοινωνική ιστορία της αρχαίας Θεσσαλονίκης, Thessaloniki: 135-46, re-edition with all earlier literature.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note For the groups of Asianoi, see CAPInv. 515. This particular group of Asianoi is further qualified as a private cultic association by the name of its founder.