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Last Updated on 18 Jan 2019

Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 1533: [--- to]n thiasiton

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Elephantine (U01)
iii. Site Syene

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [--- τῶ]ν̣ θιασιτῶν (SEG LX 1812, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [--- to]n thiasiton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) e. iii (?) BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG LX 1812 (early (?) III BC)
Note See also BE 2013: no. 476
Online Resources TM 701155
AGRW ID 24315
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication of a banqueting hall by the members of a private association.
i.c. Physical format(s) Sandstone block with inscriptions (partly painted).
ii. Source(s) provenance The block was found in 'Area 13 c' during Swiss-Egyptian rescue excavations at Syene in 2006/7.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects τὸ ἱ̣στια[τόριον] (= ἑστιατόριον, ἑστιατήριον), to histiatorion, hestiatorion, hestiaterion (l. 1).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The members are communally called θιασῖται, thiasitai (l. 1).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association presumably owned the banqueting hall (l. 1: τὸ ἱ̣στια[τόριον] = ἑστιατόριον, ἑστιατήριον, to histiatorion, hestiatorion, hestiaterion) that was dedicated in the present inscription.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number The names of 30 members (in genitive) are recorded in three columns underneath the first line of the dedication (containing the name of the association). The genitive case of the names is of difficult interpretation. The last three names in the list were added after the carving of the stone to complete the membership. BE 2013 no. 476 suggests that the membership may have possibly been a numerus clausus.
ii. Gender Men
Note All attested names are male names.
iv. Status The onomastics of the members is generally Greek, with one Thracian name (Kotys) as well as with names of specifically Cretan (Pronax), Lycian and Carian (Pigres) flavour. Cf. BE 2013 no. 476.
vi. Proper names and physical features The names for which something is preserved are as follows:
[---]ρου
[---]δωρου
[---]του
[---]ο̣υ
[---]τος
[---]ρου
Κότυος
Δημοσθένους
Πρω̣τ[ίω]νος
Ἀθηνί̣ω̣νος
Πολ̣[εμο]κράτου
Πρώ̣ν̣ακτος
Πεδιέως
Πυθογείτονος
Πιγρέους
Μουσαίου
Καλλι̣[---]
Χαρικλ[---]
Ἀ̣μύντο[υ]
Διαγόρου
Ἀντίνου
Εὐβίου
Πρωτομάχου
Εὐάρχου
Ἀρήου
Ἀρ[τεμιδώρο?]υ

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events Given the presence of a banqueting hall, the members of the association organised (presumably) regular banquets.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments It is possible that the name of the association was [τὸ κοινὸν τῶ]ν̣ θιασιτῶν, to koinon ton thiasiton (l.1).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used (thiasitai) and the presence of a banqueting hall seem to indicate that we are dealing with a private associaiton.