| i. | Geographical area | Aegean Islands |
| ii. | Region | Kos |
| iii. | Site | Kos |
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CAPInv. 2133: thiasos Dios Kynthiou
I. LOCATION
II. NAME
| i. | Full name (original language) | θίασος Διὸς Κυνθίου |
| ii. | Full name (transliterated) | thiasos Dios Kynthiou |
III. DATE
| i. | Date(s) | 1 (?) - 100 (?) AD |
IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY
| ii. | Name elements |
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| iii. | Descriptive terms | thiasos (line 2) |
V. SOURCES
| i. | Source(s) | Carbon 2021: 184-185 and 201. |
| Note | IG XII.4 2809 (1st c. AD). | |
| i.a. | Source type(s) | Epigraphic source(s) |
| i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | Boundary stone, horos (cf. ὅρος, line 1). Greek. |
| i.c. | Physical format(s) | White marble plaque. |
| ii. | Source(s) provenance | Asklepieion of Kos. |
VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE
| ii. | References to buildings/objects |
The point of reference of the boundary stone (ὅρος, line 1) is to private burial plots for the group (not explicitly mentioned in the text). |
VII. ORGANIZATION
| i. | Founder(s) | A Tertia Cornelia bought the plot of land (ἐπρίατο) and may be the founder of the group. |
| Gender | Female | |
| iv. | Officials | A Polla Sextilia is the secretary (grammateus) of the group (γραμματευούσης, lines 5-6). |
VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS
| ii. | Realty | The burial grounds of the association. |
IX. MEMBERSHIP
| ii. | Gender | Women |
| Note | Only two women are known as members of the group, but it is not clear if it was women-exclusive. | |
| iv. | Status | For further discussion of the possible status of the group's officials, see Carbon 2021. |
X. ACTIVITIES
| Deities worshipped | Zeus Kynthios, the god of Delos |
XII. NOTES
| iii. | Bibliography | Carbon, J.M. (2021) "Funeral and Foreigners, Founders and Functionaries: On the Boundary Stones of Associations from Kos", in A. Cazemier and S. Skaltsa eds. Associations and Religion in Context: The Hellenistic and Roman Eastern Mediterranean, Liège: 167-204. |
XIII. EVALUATION
| i. | Private association | Certain |
| Note | On the basis of its name and by comparison with other highly similar boundary stones of the burial plots of associations near the city of Kos (more than 50 in number, cf. e.g. CAPI no. 1826), we can be confident that the group constituted a private association. |
