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CAPInv. 1484: ho thiasos ton presbyteron

Hide this section I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Cyprus
ii. Region Cyprus
iii. Site Troulloi, ca. 12km north of Larnaka (ancient Kition).

Hide this section II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ θίασος τῶν πρεσβυτέρων (I.Kition 2002, ll. 3-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho thiasos ton presbyteron

Hide this section III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. iii (?) BC

Hide this section IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Status-related:presbyteroi probably signify the members of an age-group in the gymnasium (I.Kition 2002), or the veterans of a military body (SEG 54: 1531).
iii. Descriptive terms θίασος, thiasos
Note thiasos: I.Kition 2002, l. 3

Hide this section V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Kition 2002 (s. iii (?) BC)
Note See also: Hermanry 2004: 62, no. Tr. 2
Online Resources I.Kition 2002 and AGRW ID 20664
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script I.Kition 2002 is a dedication inscription in Greek. Themison, son of Pasiphilos, dedicated the mask of Dionysos, on behalf of the association of the elders, or in a shrine of the association (SEG 47: 1870).
i.c. Physical format(s) A rectangular plaque
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Troulloi, ca. 12km north of Larnaka (ancient Kition), now in the Larnaka District Museum. For Troulloi, see Hermary 2004: 53-4.

Hide this section IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The desiccant is a man.
iii. Age Elders
iv. Status The members of the association may have been those soldiers stationed around this area or veterans (SEG 54: 1531) who formed an association for athletic activities (I.Kition 2002). For Hellenistic thiasoi in the Mesaoria, see Hermary 2004: 54-5.

Hide this section X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship I.Kition 2002 testifies to the dedication of the mask of Dionysos on behalf of the association. Nicolaou 1992: 260-1, no. 13 has proposed that the dedication was set up in a local rustic sanctuary (for a possible shrine of the association (see SEG 47: 1870). For the mask of Dionysos, see SEG 42: 1312.
Deities worshipped Dionysos (?)

Hide this section XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Hermary, A. (2004), ‘Autour de Golgoi: Les cités de la Mesaoria à l’époque hellénistique et sous l’Empire’, CCEC 34: 47-68.
Nicolaou, I. (1992), ‘Inscriptiones Cypriae Alphabeticae XXXI, 1991’, RDAC: 257-62.

Hide this section XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive term θίασος (thiasos) attests to a private association.