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Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 1756: [thiasus] Bacc[hi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Edonis
iii. Site Philippi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [thiasus] Bacc[hi (Philippi II 529/L106, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [thiasus] Bacc[hi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Bacchus
iii. Descriptive terms thiasus, thiasus (?)
Note thiasus: Philippi II 529/L106, l. 4. The term thiasus is supplied: [thiasis] | Bacc[hi...].

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Philippi II 529/L106 (ii AD)
Online Resources Philippi II 529/L106 and TM 121554
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Latin text.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stone.
ii. Source(s) provenance The stone was used as building material at the bridge 'Kadim Köprü' by modern Photolivos, at the territory of Philippi.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials A curator is named in ll. 1-2: sub cura(tore) Saturnino. For Pilhofer 1995: 145 this should be interpreted as indicating that the thiasus had an (annual?) official, 'der für die korrekte Abwicklung der Rosalienstiftung verantwotlich ist'. It is not clear whether this curator should be linked to the association.
viii. Obligations The thiasus was involved in the celebration of Rosalia at the tombs of those having left bequests for this purpose.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iv. Endowments The thiasus is named as the recipient of a bequest left for the celebration of the Rosalia; the amount is not preserved.

X. ACTIVITIES

Deities worshipped Bacchus

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Pilhofer, P. (1995), Philippi I. Die erste christliche Gemeinde Tübingen, Europas. Tübingen.
Pilhofer, P. (2009), Philippi. Band II: Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi. rev. edn. Tübingen: 635-6, no. 529/L106.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note On account of similar associations from the territory of Philippi and despite its fragmentary state of preservation.