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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 835: U-WAM-014

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Caria
iii. Site Iasos

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-WAM-014

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 200 (?) BC - 100 (?) AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I. Iasos 116 (ca. 200-100 BC?).
Note Cf. also BE 1971: no. 628.
Online Resources PHI: Iasos 284
Harland AGRW no. 9512
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Account of an association in the making in Greek: Thrasyllos records how he gathered a group and instituted a cult for his deceased brother Isokrates. It is probable that the inscription then went on to specify other matters relating to the cult or the group in question.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stone stele.
ii. Source(s) provenance Iasos.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) [Θράσυλλ]ος... Μενεδήμου, [Thrasyll]os... Menedemou (line 1-2; cf. also lines 3 and 5-6)
Thrasyllos son of Menedemos founds the cult of his brother Isokrates.
More specifically, the text refers to a process of gathering (συν[α]|γαγὼν, Syn[a]gagon lines 8-9, συναγαγεῖν, synagagein line 11) a group or an association together to honour Isokrates (see VII.iii for these constituent groups).
Gender Male
ii. Leadership Perhaps Thrasyllos also (see above VII.1).
iii. Members οἱ... οἰκεῖοι, hoi oikeioi (line 9)
οἱ ἐταῖροι, hoi etairoi (lines 9-10)
οἱ φίλοι, hoi philoi (line 10)
The gathering made by Thrasyllos is formed of kinship groups (oikeioi) and groups of companions and friends.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds As we have it, the document only mentions that Thrasyllos gave money to fund the honours for his brother (lines 12-13, before substantially trailing off): εἰς
δὲ̣ ταῦτα ἔδωκεν ἀργύριον, | ὃ συνέβη γενέσθαι ἐν τῆι πρώ[τηι] ..., eis de tauta edoken argyrion, | ho synebe genesthai en tei pro[tei]...

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The group constituted by Thrasyllos honoured (τιμῆσαι, timesai line 7; τιμῶντας, timontas line 11) the deceased Isokrates with a cult.
Deities worshipped Reference is made to Ἰσοκράτην δαίμονα ἀγαθόν, Isokraten daimona agathon (line 12). The usual expression in Caria is Daimon Agathos followed by the genitive of the individual (cf. CAP Inv. 830), but here the heroic (or rather daimonic) cult is apparently even more directly expressed.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Cf. also G. Pugliese Carratelli (1967-1968), 'Supplemento Epigrafico di Iasos', ASAA 29-30: 479-80, no. 52.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note This inscription is unusually detailed with regard to the process of constituting a private cultic association (perhaps a synagoge, gathering a group or multiple subgroups together). It is unclear whether the founder Thrasyllos' measures met with success, but it is probable that this was the case, given the setting up of the inscription and the recording of his deeds.