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Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1153: thyneitai Hermantos hoi peri ton hierea Eptaikenthon Asiatikou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Euxine Coast
iii. Site Odessos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θυνεῖται Ἑρμᾶντος οἱ περὶ τὸν ἱερέα Επταικενθον Ἀσιατικοῦ (IGBulg I2 77, ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) thyneitai Hermantos hoi peri ton hierea Eptaikenthon Asiatikou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii / iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Hermas,
hoi peri ton hierea Eptaikenthon Asiatikou
Other:thyaneitai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGBulg I2 77 (l. ii - e. iii AD)
Note Other publications: AGRW 79, AE 1928: 146
Online Resources IGBulg I2 77 and AGRW ID 3715
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication to the Thracian Ἥρως Μανιμαζος, Heros Manimazos.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele broken in six fragments, one of them lost, with relief representing the Thracian Rider.
ii. Source(s) provenance Odessos

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Hermas (ll. 1-2: θυνεῖται Ἑρμᾶντος, thyneitai Hermantos).
ii. Leadership Eptaikenthos Asiatikou ἱερεύς, hiereus (ll. 1-3: θυνεῖται Ἑρμᾶντος οἱ περὶ τὸν ἱερέα Επταικενθον Ἀσιατικοῦ, thyneitai Hermantos hoi peri ton hierea Eptaikenthon Asiatikou).
v. Other staff Two ἐπιμεληταί, epimeletai (ll. 3-4).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Three members one are attested.
ii. Gender Men
Note The attested members are men.
iii. Age Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Given the fact that the group set up a dedication to Ἥρως Μανιμαζος, Heros Manimazos (l. 1), worship by the group is likely.
Deities worshipped Heros Manimazos (Thracian divinity).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments It is not sure wether the association was created for the worship of the Thracian god to whom the dedication is addressed.
For another similar association in Odessos see CAPInv. 1469.
iii. Bibliography Oppermann, M. (2006), Der Thrakische Reiter des Ostbalkanraumes im Spannungsfeld von Graecitas, Romanitas und lokalen Traditionen. Langenweißbach: 90, 322 no. 6.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used suggests a private association.