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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 450: phratra he peri Theodoton Diogeneianon kai Glykona Diodorou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Thiunta

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) φράτρα ἡ περὶ Θεόδοτον Διογενειανὸν καὶ Γλύκωνα Διοδώρου (Ramsay, CB: 142, no. 30, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) phratra he peri Theodoton Diogeneianon kai Glykona Diodorou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Kinship-related:phratra
Personal:peri Theodoton Diogeneianon kai Glykona Diodorou
iii. Descriptive terms φράτρα, phratra
Note phratra: Ramsay, CB: 142, no. 30, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Ramsay, CB: 142, no. 30 (ii AD)
Online Resources Ramsay, CB: 142, no. 30
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific decree. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Large stele containing representations of divinities and cultic procedures above and below the text, as well as standardized representations of the members of the phratra.
ii. Source(s) provenance Kodja-Gözler

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Two leaders are mentioned in the official designation; one of them, Glykon son of Diodoros, is an agonothetes.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 24
ii. Gender Men

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The phratra receives honors from the demos of Thiunta.
The only activity of the phratra itself is mentioned in l. 5: the members have distributed oil for eight days.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The distribution of oil, the feastal imagery below the text (musicians and a procession of oxen), the honors conveyed by the demos and the reference to a pannychis in a corresponding inscription (Ramsay, CB: 143, no. 31) all suggest that the group in question was responsible for the organization of a festival.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland B *432a
iii. Bibliography Ramsay, W.M. (1895), The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia. Vol. I.1. Oxford.
Ritti, T. (2002), ‘Documenti epigrafici dalla regione di Hierapolis’, EA 34: 41-70, esp. 48-51.
Robert, L. (1983), ‘Les dieux des Motaleis en Phrygie’, JS 1983: 45-63.
Ziebarth, E. (1900), ‘Zu den griechischen Vereinsinschriften’, RhM 55: 501-19, esp. 512-3.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The nature of the group is enigmatic. Phratra is attested as a designation for private associations, as is the use of peri followed by personal names. But both designations are also attested for official institutions. The organization of a festival for the whole village is not decisive. Robert 1983: 50 argues that phratra is to be understood along the lines of synbiosis and hetaireia, i.e. as a designation for an indigenous cult association. However, the same type of stele (with standardized images of the members) is attested several times in the region, and in some cases, the private nature of the group seems rather doubtful (cf. CAPInv. 453). It is probably best to regard these groups as semi-official institutions (with voluntary, rather expensive membership) that were responsible for representing their villages vis-à-vis the gods.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain