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Last Updated on 09 Jul 2019

Author: Maria Paz de Hoz

CAPInv. 1664: hoi Erotes

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lydia
iii. Site Arabli-Dedeli (territorium of Philadelpheia)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ Ἔρωτες (TAM V.3 1656, l. 5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi Erotes

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 176 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:The name identifies the members of the association as worshippers of the god Eros.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) TAM V.3 1656 (176 AD)
Note See also:
Keil and Premerstein 1911: 21f., no. 19
IGR IV 1618
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication of a naiskos on behalf of the emperor Comodus (l. 3) by the association of the Erotes. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble pediment that was part of a naiskos, with acroteria (only the two in the sides are preserved). In tympanon, bust of a young man and a grapevine-decoration.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Dedeli, east from Yesilova.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members 21 members of the association appear as dedicants of the naiskos.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The association has its own funds, and from them they have built the naiskos.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 21 members attested.
ii. Gender Men
Note All dedicants attested as members of the association are male.
v. Relations A smith is attested as worksupervisor, together with one of the association's members.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The name of the association leads us to think that they are worshippers of Eros.
Deities worshipped Eros
iv. Honours/Other activities The association honours the emperor Comodus.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments On the assocation's name, with parallels for the word-formation cf. Keil and Premerstein and Petzl in TAM; for the date, Keil and Premerstein; for the member's names, Petzl in TAM.
iii. Bibliography Keil, J., and von Premerstein, A. (1911), Bericht über eine zweite Reise in Lydien ausgeführt 1908, (Denkschriften Akad. Wien Band 54.2). Vienna: 21f., no. 19.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Most cult-associations, especially not belonging to an official cult, are private associations.