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Author: Maria Paz de Hoz

CAPInv. 355: hoi kataloustikoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lydia
iii. Site Kollyda and the area between Gölde, Menye and the Hermos river.

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ καταλουστικοί (TAM V.1 490, ll. 2, 8; TAM V.1 351, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi kataloustikoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 159 - 162 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:The term is related to a cult ritual for the
gods Men and Meter (see X.iii Worship.)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) TAM V.1 490 (159/160 AD)
TAM V.1 351 (161/162 AD)
Note See also:
CMRDM I. 13
CMRDM I. A3
CMRDM I. 34
LBW 678
Keil and Premerstein 1911: no. 183
Online Resources TAM V.1 490
TAM V.1 351
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script TAM V.1 490: honorific inscription
TAM V.1 351: dedication of a statue
Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) TAM V.1 490: a stele
TAM V.1 351: a statue of Dionysos; only the basement with the inscription is preserved.
ii. Source(s) provenance TAM V.1 490: area between Gölde, Menye and the Hermos river
TAM V.1 351: Kollyda

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects TAM V.1 351: reference to a statue of Dionysos

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members TAM V.1 351: list of 43 members, men and women
iv. Officials The priestess mentioned in TAM V.1 490 could be a member of the association, but it is not sure.
v. Other staff TAM V.1 490, l. 7: a grammateus

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds TAM V.1 490: the association erects the honorific statue with its own funds (ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων, ek ton idion, l. 9).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number TAM V.1 351: list of 43 members, men and women
ii. Gender Men
Women

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The name of the association is probably related to a purifications ritual that is attested for the cult of Men
Tyrannos
in Attica (CMRDM I. 13). Cf. the verb καταλούομαι (katalouomai "purification bath or
washing") in TAM V.1 217, 467 and 326, this last one a confession inscription of somebody who didn't
follow the command of the goddess Anaitis and κατελούσετο (katelouseto, "did the ritual purification
bath"). Cf. also Petzl, Beichtinschriften 36, where another person was punished by the god for going up
the stage (in the temple?) ἀκατάλουστος (akataloustos, "without having performed the purification bath
or washing").
Deities worshipped Men Axiottenos (TAM V.1 490)
Meter (Theou?), Men Tiamu and Men Petraeites (TAM V.1 351); probably also Anaitis (cf. TAM V.1 326), whose purification rituals with water are attested.
iv. Honours/Other activities TAM V.1 351: a priestess of Men Axiottenos is honoured for her pious behavior towards the gods, her desire to do well to all people, dedicating all her life to the god without the desire of gain.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The cults of Men and Anaitis are very well attested in the area. This association was surely a well known and important association in relation to these gods. See the high number of members attested.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The associations mentioned in both inscriptions may be two different branches of the same association,
though the places of provenance are not far from each other, so that it could be the same association or
associations branch.
iii. Bibliography Herrmann, P., and Polatkan, K.Z. (1969), Das Testament des Epikrates und andere neue Inschriften aus dem Museum von Manisa. Vienna: 12.
de Hoz, M.-P. (1999), Die Lydischen Kulte im Lichte der griechischen Inschriften. Bonn: no. 39.35. and no. 15.17.
Keil, J., and von Premerstein, A. (1911), Bericht über eine zweite Reise in Lydien ausgeführt 1908, (Denkschriften Akad. Wien Band 54.2). Vienna.
Robert, J., and Robert, L. (1970), ‘Bulletin Épigraphique’, REG: 443-4, no. 524.
Zingerle, J. (1926), ‘Heiliges Recht’, JÖAI 23: 5-72, esp. 24-6.


XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive term and the wellknown character and activity of this association guarantees its private status.