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Geographical area |
Peloponnese with Adjacent Islands
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Region |
Messenia
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Site |
island Prote
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Full name (original language) |
Διοσεραπι(ασ)ταί (IG V.1 1543, ll. 1-2)
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Full name (transliterated) |
Dioserapi(as)tai
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Date(s)
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ii (?) - iii (?) AD
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Name elements |
| Theophoric: | Dioserapiastai: The reading is uncertain. |
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Source(s) |
IG V.1 1543 (II-III AD?)
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Online Resources |
IG V.1 1543
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Greek graffito: Euploia inscription (wish for a safe sea voyage)
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Physical format(s) |
Graffito on the rock
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Source(s) provenance |
Inscribed on the rocks of the island Prote, off the Messenian coast, between Kyparissia and Pylos
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Comments |
In IG V.1 1543 the reading of the name of the group appears as [φι]<λ>οσεβ̣ά[σ]των ([phi]<l>oseba[s]ton), whilst the majuscule of the text shows that the reading is not at all certain. Sandberg (1954: 9 no. 6) suggests Διοσεραπι(ασ)τῶν, Dioserapi(as)ton. This seems more compatible with the majuscule given in IG.
Both suggestions, Dioserapi(as)tai and the earlier reading Philosebastoi, display a cultic element.
Generally on the sea routes around the Cape Maleas, see Henning 2002.
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Bibliography |
Henning, D. (2002), ‘Die antike Seehandelsroute um Kap Malea’, MBAH 20: 23-37.
Sandberg, N. (1954), ΕΥΠΛΟΙΑ. Etudes Epigraphiques. Gothenburg.
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Private association |
Possible
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Note |
The bad preservation of the inscription, which hampers reading with certainty, and the brevity of the text do not allow any certainty about the nature of the group mentioned.
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