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Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1469: thoineitai hoi peri ton hierea Noumenion Zenidos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Euxine Coast
iii. Site Odessos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θοινεῖται οἱ περὶ τὸν ἱερέα Νουμήνιον Ζήνιδος (IGBulg I2 78.3, l. 2).
ii. Full name (transliterated) thoineitai hoi peri ton hierea Noumenion Zenidos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii / iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:peri ton hierea Noumenion Zenidos
Other:Refers to banquets, convivatores.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGBulg I2 78.3 (l. ii - e. iii AD).
Online Resources IGBulg I2 78 ter and AGRW ID 14621
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication to the Thracian Ἥρως Καραβασμος, Heros Karabasmos (l. 1).
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele with relief representing the Thracian Rider.
ii. Source(s) provenance Odessos

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership On the basis of the name of the group, the leader was noumenios Zenidos, ἱερεύς, hiereus (l. 2).
iii. Members θοινεῖται, thoineitai (l. 2)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 22: the hiereus and 21 ordinary members (all with patronymic) are listed.
ii. Gender Men
Note The names are male names.
iii. Age Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The dedication to Ἥρως Καραβασμος, Heros Karabasmos (Thracian divinity) suggests worship by the group.
Deities worshipped Heros Karabasmos

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Although among the members there are some bearers of Thracian names or of the name Ἕλλην, Hellen (which is common in Odessos for Thracians claiming integration; see Dana, M., and Dana, D. 2013), it is not probable that the association was constituted for the cult of a Thracian god.
For another similar association in Odessos see CAPInv. 1153.
The names (with patronyms) of two of the members are inscribed on the left and right side of the relief; they might be the epimeletai charged for putting the dedication, as in IGBulg I2 77 (CAPInv. 1153).
iii. Bibliography Dana, M., and Dana, D. (2013), ‘L’intégration des indigènes dans les structures civiques de deux cités du Pont Gauche à l’époque impériale’, in P. Fröhlich and P. Hamon (eds.), Groupes et associations dans les cités grecques (IIIe siècle av. J.-C. – IIe siècle apr. J.-C.), Actes de la table ronde de Paris, INHA, 19-20 juin 2009, Geneve: 277-305.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed suggests a private association.