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Last Updated on 24 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 658: [hoi tes (lost number)] dekanias

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Phoenicia (Beqaa)
iii. Site Baalbek-Heliopolis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [οἱ τῆς .’] δεκανίας (IGLS VI 2742, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [hoi tes (lost number)] dekanias

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - iii AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGLS VI 2742 (i - iii AD)
Online Resources IGLS VI 2742
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek votive inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Small base
ii. Source(s) provenance "Trouvée dans le quartier musulman" (IGLS)

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The dedicants describe themselves as οἱ καλ[ῶς ὑπηρετή]<σ>αντες θε[οῖς συνν]άοις, hoi kalos hyperetesantes theois synnaois, servants of the theoi synnaoi (ll. 4-6).

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The dedicants describe themselves as servants of the theoi synnaoi (ll. 4-6): this suggests worship by the group.
Deities worshipped Theoi Synnaoi

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Rey-Coquais, J.-P. (1967), Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie VI: Baalbek et Beqa‘. Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note Cf. CAPInv. 657 .