| i. | Geographical area | Central Greece |
| ii. | Region | Thessaly. North Pelasgiotis/South Perrhaibia. |
| iii. | Site | Tyrnavos |
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CAPInv. 1300: U-CGR-013
I. LOCATION
II. NAME
| i. | Association with unknown name | U-CGR-013 |
III. DATE
| i. | Date(s) | iii - i BC |
V. SOURCES
| i. | Source(s) |
IG IX.2 1234 (first century BC) |
| Note |
See also: Helly 1977: 17 Heinz 1998: 404, cat. no. A45 (Hellenistic) Helly 1987: 141 (dates the inscription to the third century BC) |
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| Online Resources | IG IX.2 1234 | |
| i.a. | Source type(s) | Epigraphic source(s) |
| i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | Dedication to Apollo Kerdoios, by Sousipatros, son of Polemarchidas in Greek. |
| i.c. | Physical format(s) | Base of rectangular shape made of bray-black marble. |
| ii. | Source(s) provenance | The stone was located in the steeple of the Saint John Prodromos' church, in the modern village of Tyrnavos (Helly 1977: 17). It has been argued that it comes form the city of ancient Phalanna (IG IX.2 1234) or Larisa (Helly 1987: 141, n. 34). |
VII. ORGANIZATION
| ii. | Leadership | The dedication is made by a person qualified as sacrificial priest (thytas), who has accomplished the offices of hieromnemon, and archidauchnaphoros (leader of the dauchnaphoroi). |
X. ACTIVITIES
| iii. | Worship | The presumed ex-leader of the group (archidauchnaphoreisas) dedicates a stele to the God. |
| Deities worshipped | Apollo Kerdoios |
XI. INTERACTION
| ii. | Interaction abroad | It has been argued that Sousipatros has been appointed hieromnemon in Delphi (Rakatsanis and Tziafalias 1977: 22, n. 70). |
XII. NOTES
| i. | Comments | On the presence of groups of dauchnaphoroi in Larisa, ancient Pherai and Atrax, cf. CAPInv. 1294 ; CAPInv. 1297 ; CAPInv. 1306 |
| iii. | Bibliography |
Heinz, M. (1998), Thessalische Votivstelen. Bochum. Helly, Br. (1977), ‘Apollon Doreios. Recherches sur les Doriens de Thessalie’, in Recherches sur la Thessalie. Lyon. Helly, Br. (1987), ‘Le ''Dotion Pedion'', Lakéreia et les origines de Larisa’, JS 3(1): 127-58. Rakatsanis, K., and Tziafalias, A. (1997), Λατρείες και Ιερά στην Αρχαία Θεσσαλία. Ioannina. Mili, M. (2015). Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly. Oxford: 243-4. |
XIII. EVALUATION
| i. | Private association | Probable |
| Note | The title of archidauchnaphoros probably indicates a local cultic group of syndauchnaphoroi. |
