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i.	Full name (original language)	[θιασῶ]τα[ι] (IG II² 2943, ll. 9-10)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	[thiaso]ta[i]

i.

Date(s)

iii BC

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Name elements

Cultic:

thiasotai

i.	Source(s)	IG II² 2943 (iii BC) and Add. p. 348.
	Note	Ed. pr. Athenaion 8 (1879) 401 no. 4. (APMA 1, 73 no. 364) Other publications: IJO I Ach. 41. (SEG 55: 8) Cf. SEG 47: 2342. BE 1969, no. 369.
	Online Resources	IG II² 2943 and AGRW ID 12116
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Greek honorific inscription for the secretary and the steward because of their moderation (σωφροσύνη, sophrosyne).
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Lower part of marble stele with five crowns incised, measuring 0,96x0,43m.
ii.	Source(s) provenance	Piraeus, now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 8799.

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Officials

Steward (ἐπιμελητής, epimeletes, ll. 10-11).
Secretary (γραμματεύς, grammateus, ll. 15-16).

ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	Σύμμαχος Δάτου, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (44). Λεπτίνης Εὐπείθου, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (22). Ἐργασίων Σαμαρίτης, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (16). Νίκων Νικοφῶντος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (160). Ἑρμογένης Ἑρμαφίλου, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (70).
iii.	Age	Adults
iv.	Status	Foreigner: 1 Unidentified (probably metic?): 4 See Arnaoutoglou 2011.

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Honours/Other activities

The association has crowned (στεφανῶσαι, stephanosai, ll. 11-12) its officials.

i.	Comments	The restoration [θιασῶ]τα[ι], [thiaso]ta[i] is rather hazardous as one can also restore [ἐρανισ]τα[ὶ], [eranis]ta[i]. It seems to me that the group referred to in this inscription may be associated with the orgeones of the Mother of the Gods (CAPInv. 361). The origin of the inscription and the presence of Ergasion from Samaria (probably the same as the one in IG II² 1327, CAPInv. 361) argue for the identification. If this is true, then the group had three stewards and at least two of the individuals named here in IG II² 2943 were also stewards.
ii.	Poland concordance	Poland 75
iii.	Bibliography	Arnaoutoglou, I. (2011), ‘‘Ils étaient dans la ville, mais tout à fait en dehors de la cité’. Status and identity in private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens’, in van Nijf, O., and Alston, R. (eds.), Political culture in the Greek city after the classical age. Leuven: 27-48. Mikalson, J. (1998), Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Los Angeles: 151.

i.	Private association	Certain
	Note	The association displays all the hallmarks of a private association: distinct name, membership, organization, property and durability.

CAPInv. 279: [thiaso]ta[i]