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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Eastern Asia Minor
ii.	Region	Cilicia
iii.	Site	Tarsos

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	οἱ Δημήτρος θεράποντες (Merkelbach-Stauber, SGO IV: 209, no. 19/13/01, l. 13)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	hoi Demetros therapontes

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i.

Name in other forms

τὸ ἱερὸν συνέργιον, to hieron synergion (Merkelbach-Stauber, SGO IV: 209, no. 19/13/01, l. 17)

ii.

Name elements

Cultic:	therapontes
Theophoric:	Demeter

iii.

Descriptive terms

συνέργιον, synergion

Note

synergion: Merkelbach-Stauber, SGO IV: 209, no. 19/13/01, l. 17

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	Merkelbach-Stauber, SGO IV: 209, no. 19/13/01 (ii - iii AD)
	Note	Other editions/commentaries: IGR III 883 SEG 26: 1457 Daux 1977: 51-70 Dittmann-Schöne VI.6.3 Drew-Bear 1975: 301-3 (lines 1-14) Harland 2014: 437-8 IdC 209-211, no. 124 Ramsay 1883: 325-7 no. 54 Ramsay 1967: 298-300 Robert 1949: 197-205
	Online Resources	SEG 26: 1457 AGRW ID# 13491
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Honorary epigram in Greek for the consul Papeis, also called Hemerios-
i.c.	Physical format(s)	statue base of marble

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii.

References to buildings/objects

The four secretaries of the synergion dedicated the στατίων, station, to the hieron synergion. The station may be the place, where the monument is erected, perhaps the office of the synergion (cf. Robert 1949: 202-5).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv.	Officials	4 grammateis, all in their second term: Neon, Lucius, Alexandros and Myragenes. For the expression ἐπὶ γραμματέων τῶν περὶ κτλ. (epi grammateon ton peri ktl.) to specify the grammateis themselves cf. Robert 1949: 202 with note 5. They dedicated the στατίων, station, to the synergion.
	Eponymous officials	The names of the grammateis are used in order to date the inscription.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii.	Worship	The name hoi Demetros therapontes indicates an active role in the cult of Demeter.
	Deities worshipped	Demeter
iv.	Honours/Other activities	The attendants of Demeter honoured the eques Romanus and later consul Papeis with a statue.

XII. NOTES

i.	Comments	At the time of the erection of the statue Hemerios had been an eques Romanus. When he was given the rank of senator and became consul, the attendants of Demeter emended line 1 from Ῥωμαίων ἱππῆα, Rhomaion hippea, to Ῥωμαίων ὕπατον, Rhomaion hypaton (a part of the word ὕπατον, hypaton, is carved on a rasura). Before Hemerios became consul, he had acted at regional and provincial level as demiourgos, kilikarches, gymnasiarchos and lawyer. The attendants of Demeter appear to be the same as the hieron synergion mentioned at the end of the inscription. Maybe the synergion of the servants (therapontes) of Demeter is identical with the association of porters in the grain-market, known from honorary inscriptions for Caracalla and a member of the cities elite in Tarsos (see CAPInv. 1012), cf. Broughton 1938: 57 note 3. Robert 1977: 93. Ziegler 1985: 146.
ii.	Poland concordance	Poland Z 85
iii.	Bibliography	Daux, G. (1977), ‘Le consul Papeis de Tarse’, in Epigraphica 39: 51-70 (with extended bibliography). Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd ed. Regensburg. Drew-Bear, T. (1975), ‘Two Ghost-Words and a Consul: Inscriptions of Pergamum and Tarsus’, HSPh 79: 301-3. Harland, P.A. (2014), Greco-Roman Associations: Texts, Translations, and Commentary, II. North Coast of the Black Sea, Asia Minor. Berlin, Boston. Ramsay, W.M. (1883), ‘Inscriptions inédites de l'Asie Mineure’, BCH 7: 297-328, esp. 325-7, no. 54. Ramsay, W.M. (1967), Social Basis of Roman Power in Asia minor, Aberdeen 1941 (Repr. Amsterdam). Robert, L. (1949), Hellenica, Recueil d'épigraphie, de numismatique et d'antiquités grecques. Vol 7. Paris: 197-205. Robert, L. (1977), ‘Documents d'Asie mineure’, BCH 101.1: 43-132, esp. 92-3.

XIII. EVALUATION

i.	Private association	Certain
	Note	The use of the term synergion, the existence of officials and the documented activities of the attendants of Demeter suggest that we are dealing with a private association.
ii.	Historical authenticity	Certain

CAPInv. 1013: hoi Demetros therapontes