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Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1202: U-THR-035

Hide this section I. LOCATION

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

Hide this section II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-THR-035

Hide this section III. DATE

i. Date(s) f. iii AD

Hide this section V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Tomis 98 (f. iii AD)
Note See also: RICIS 618/1007
Online Resources I.Tomis 98 and AGRW ID 14635
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary Greek honorary inscription of the [ἱ]εροναῦται, [h]ieronautai (see XII.i: Comments), for the [πατὴρ π]αστοφόρω[ν], [pater p]astophoro[n], and his wife.
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragment of the left middle part of a marble stele.
ii. Source(s) provenance Tomis

Hide this section VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership [Aris]tarchos [π]ροστάτης, [p]rostates (cf. ll. 7-8: [π]ροστατοῦντος [ - - ], with the discussion below, XII.i: Comments).
iii. Members Called ἱεροναῦται, hieronautai (ll. 4-5) (see XII.i: Comments).
iv. Officials An anonymous [pater p]astophoro[n] (l. 3), who received the honours of the hieronautai.

Hide this section IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Women
Note Possibly also women, for the titulus honorarius is for the [πατὴρ π]αστοφόρω[ν], [pater p]astophoro[n], and his wife. Hence, she also might have been a member of the association.
iii. Age Adults

Hide this section X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Honours for one of the members and his wife.

Hide this section XII. NOTES

i. Comments The restoration of l. 7, and therefore the descriptive term used, is not certain: either [π]ροστατοῦντος [τοῦ κοινοῦ], [p]rostantountos [tou koinou] (I.Timos 98, following L. Vidman) or [τοῦ θιάσου], [tou thiasou] (alternative restoration suggested by the same L. Vidman). [τῆς συνόδου], [tes synodou], might be also possible (Avram).

L. Bricault, RICIS, under no. 618/1007, remarks: “c’est la seule mention de ἱεροναῦται dans les cultes isiaques; il faut peut-être associer les membres de ce collège aux fêtes maritimes telles que le Navigium Isidis”. He refers to RICIS 114/0703 (Byzantion) and Vidman 1970: 76-87. For the pastophoroi he refers to RICIS 501/0174 (Rome).
iii. Bibliography Chiekova, D. (2008), Cultes et vie religieuse des cités grecques du Pont Gauche (VIIe-Ier siècles avant J.-C.). Bern: 255.
Tacheva-Hitova, M. (1983), Eastern Cults in Moesia Inferior and Thracia (5th Century B.C.-4th Century A.D.). Leiden: 13-4 no. I.18.
Vidman, L. (1969), Sylloge inscriptionum religionis Isiacae et Sarapiacae. Berlin: no. 709.
Vidman, L. (1970), Isis und Sarapis bei den Griechen und Römern. Epigraphische Studien zur Verbreitung und zu den Trägern des ägyptischen Kultes. Berlin: 82-3 with n. 65.

Hide this section XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed points to a private association.