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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 853: Trallianon hoi mystai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Τραλλιανῶν οἱ μύσται
ii. Full name (transliterated) Trallianon hoi mystai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 200 (?) - 300 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms The mystai (of Tralleis)
ii. Name elements
Cultic:Mystai
Geographical:of Tralleis

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IK Tralleis und Nysa 74
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble inscription of unclear type.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The mystai probably worshipped the same deities involved in the honorand's cultic responsibilities.
Deities worshipped Sebastoi, Zeus.
iv. Honours/Other activities The inscription is honorific for the benefactor Tiberius Claudius Glyptos, with various titles, neokoros of the Sebastoi and priest(?) of Zeus.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The honorand was agoranomos at Tralleis and, beyond his cultic responsibilities, is invoked as σωτῆρα καὶ
κτίστην τῆς πατρίδος.
ii. Interaction abroad Rome; the honorand is identified as logistes hypertatos, i.e. curator reipublicae (Imperial high commissioner).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Gardner (1885) JHS 6: 348, no.
93;
IGRR IV 1341;
Robert (1929) RPh 3: 139 (= OMS II 1105).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The cultic activity of the association suggests a private nature, yet a certain evaluation remains inconclusive.