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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 1654: U-WAM-026

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lycia
iii. Site Tlos

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-WAM-026

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 1 (?) - 200 (?) AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Adak and Şahin 2004: 94, no. 7 (Imperial period, ca. 1 - 200 AD?).
Note Cf. also SEG 54, 1448.
Online Resources Harland, AGRW no. 9325
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary dedication or consecration.
Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Cylindrical marble statue base. On top a quadrangular hole (for fixing a statue?).
ii. Source(s) provenance Tlos.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members ὁ ἑαυτῶν θεασείτης, ho heauton theaseites (lines 7-8)
The honorand is defined as "their own theaseites", thus implying that the members listed above in the inscription (lines 1-7) were likewise called theaseitai and perhaps formed a theasos together.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 9, or 10 if one counts the deceased honorand of the inscription, Eros.
ii. Gender Men
Note All attested members are male.
iv. Status All of the members are listed without their father's names. It is possible that this indicates non-citizen status, but the list may simply have been presented in this form for the sake of brevity.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The individuals listed in the inscription set up a statue and/or cylindrical altar in honour of their fellow, theaseites
Deities worshipped Eros is called a heros in the inscription (line 9), indicating his status as deceased, but perhaps also implying funerary commemoration or heroised worship of this individual by the group.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography M. Adak and S. Şahin (2004), 'Neue Inschriften aus Tlos', Gephyra 1 (2004) 85-105.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note While this short inscription is allusive, it bears a strong similarity with another inscription from Tlos set up by a thiasos in honour of their thiaseitas Masa, CAP Inv. 1652. This comparison compellingly suggests that, here too, we have testimony of a thiasos, which was probably a private association.