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Last Updated on 24 Jun 2019

Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 849: thiasos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Caria
iii. Site Tabai

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θίασος (La Carie II no. 35, line 4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) thiasos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 1 (?) BC - 200 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:θίασος, thiasos
For the cultic connotations of this term, see also below V and X.iii.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) La Carie II, no. 35 (ca. 50 BC - 200 AD?).
Note Cf. also BE 1955: no. 201.
Online Resources PHI: Tabai 3

Harland, AGRW no. 12780
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication of an altar in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Small, white marble altar.
ii. Source(s) provenance Varalı.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials γραμματεὺς τοῦ θιάσου, grammateus tou thiasou (lines 3-4)
The dedication is made by the secretary (grammateus) of the association, one Mousaios son of Mousaios.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The inscription is the dedication of an altar, presumably to the god that was worshipped by the thiasos.
Deities worshipped Helios Theos Megistos
"Sun the Great God" designates the cult of a popular god in this period, Sol Invictus. Cf. inter alia Fauth 1995 on the worship of Helios in the Roman and Late Antique periods.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Fauth,W. (1995) Helios Megistos, Leiden.
Robert, L. (1954), La Carie II. Le plateau de Tabai. Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Given that the thiasos has a demonstrable level of organisation (a secretary) and an apparent vocational purpose (cult), it can be considered a cultic association, almost certainly of private character.