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Geographical area |
Western Asia Minor
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Region |
Ionia
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Site |
Smyrna
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Full name (original language) |
Κόρης μύσται σηκοῦ καὶ ἐνβαταί οἱ ἐν Σμύρνῃ (I.Smyrna 726, ll. 3-6)
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Full name (transliterated) |
Kores mystai sekou kai enbatai hoi en Smyrnei
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Date(s)
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1 (?) - 300 (?) AD
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Name elements |
| Cultic: | mystai, enbatai | | Theophoric: | Kore | | Topographical: | Smyrna | | Other: | sekos |
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Source(s) |
I.Smyrna 726 (1 (?) - 300 (?) AD)
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Online Resources |
I.Smyrna 726
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Possibly a building inscription, greek
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Physical format(s) |
Stone block, maybe originally built into a larger structure.
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Source(s) provenance |
Smyrna, found at the slope of Mt Pagus.
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References to buildings/objects |
σηκός, sekos (l. 4): The mystai kai enbatai are tied to a “sacred precinct”. It is unclear from the fragmentary text whether this was a public or a private sanctuary.
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Worship |
Mystai are “initiates”, enbatai are “those who (are allowed to) enter” - presumably the holy precinct (for parallels from Sardeis and Klaros, see Herrmann 1996: 335-9). Both terms probably refer to the same organization. It is possible that different stages of initiation are in view (enbatai being the more advanced one, like the mystai/epoptai divide in the large mystery cults of Eleusis or Samothrace).
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Deities worshipped |
Kore
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Honours/Other activities |
Something was carried out "according to the decree of the mystai and enbatai".
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Comments |
The identity of this group of mystai with the synodos of mystai in I.Smyrna 653 and I.Smyrna 654 is possible, but not likely (see CAPInv. 1148; Schipporeit 2013: 199-200).
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Poland concordance |
Poland B 355
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Bibliography |
Herrmann, P. (1996), ‘Mystenvereine in Sardeis’, Chiron 26: 315-48.
Schipporeit, S.T. (2013), Kulte und Heiligtümer der Demeter und Kore in Ionien. Istanbul.
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Private association |
Probable
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Note |
The status of mystai-groups is not quite clear; most of probably served both the private interests of their members and the needs of civic religion.
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Historical authenticity |
Certain
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