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Author: Takashi Fujii

CAPInv. 1518: [hoi] basilistai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Cyprus
ii. Region Cyprus
iii. Site Paphos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ὁι] βασιλισταί (Mitford 1961: 39, no. 105, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [hoi] basilistai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:The basilistai, perhaps consisting of Ptolemaic soldiers stationed on Cyprus, were probably involved in the cult of the Ptolemaic rulers. See Buraselis and Aneziri 2004: 175.
Personal:basilistai: the king

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Mitford 1961: 39, no. 105 (i (?) BC)
Note First published in Oberhummer 1888: 324, no. 11
Online Resources ABSA 56 (1961) 39,105
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script A very fragmentary inscription contains a reference to basilistai, whose context is not clear.
i.c. Physical format(s) A statue base (?)
ii. Source(s) provenance Sanctuary of Aphrodite, Paphos Vetus

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status On the basis of the name basilistai, the members were probably Ptolemaic soldiers stationed on Cyprus.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The association was probably involved in the cult of the Ptolemaic rulers. See Buraselis and Aneziri 2004: 175.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland B 303
iii. Bibliography Buraselis, K., and Aneziri, S. (2004), ‘Die hellenistische Herrscherapotheose’, ThesCRA 2: 172-86.
Mitford, T.B. (1961), ‘The Hellenistic Inscriptions of Old Paphos’, ABSA 56: 1-41.
Oberhummer, E. (1888), ‘Griechische Inschriften aus Cypern’, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-philologischen und historischen Classe der k. b. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München, Munich: 305-48.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note On the basis of the comparison with other groups of basilistai from elsewhere, it is probable that this was a private association. The fragmentary state of the inscription does not allow firmer conclusions.