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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 655: hoi phil<oi> Topies[id]ai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Syria
iii. Site Hierapolis Bambyke

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ φίλ<οι> Τοπιεσ[ίδ]αι (IGLS I 232, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi phil<oi> Topies[id]ai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:φίλοι, philoi
Topographical:Topiesidai likely refers to a place; cf. the commentary in IGLS (on Phrygian Tapasa etc.).

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGLS I 232 (i BC)
Note L. 3 reads ΟΙ ΦΙΛΤΟΠΙΕΣ..ΑΙ, HOI PHILTOPIES..AI. The rather early date in IGLS is based on palaeography.
Online Resources IGLS I 232
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Written on the side of a fountain (circular, large basalt).
ii. Source(s) provenance Court of a modern house

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership ἀρχιφράτωρ, archiphrator (l. 1)
iv. Officials ἱερεύς, hiereus (l. 2)

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Jalabert, L., and Mouterde, R. (1929), Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie I: Commagène et Cyrrhestique. Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The presence of an ἀρχιφράτωρ, archiphrator suggests that this was an association. The two chief magistrates are mentioned separately from the body of members.