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Author: Annelies Cazemier

CAPInv. 909: [ko]inon to[n thi]asiton

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Delos
iii. Site Delos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [κο]ινὸν τῶ[ν θι]ασιτῶν (I.Délos 1798, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [ko]inon to[n thi]asiton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) a. 166 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:thiasitai (partly restored)
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon ?
Note Although the term [κο]ινόν, [ko]inon is partly restored (I.Délos 1798, l. 1), the restoration seems quite certain, considering the gen. pl. which follows.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Délos 1798 (a. 166 BC)
Note old ed.:
Roussel and Hatzfeld: 401, no. 50
see also:
Trümper 2011: 78, no. 19
Online Resources I.Délos 1798
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary honorary text. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) small marble fragment
ii. Source(s) provenance found in a house to the west of the 'Rue du Théâtre'

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members [θι]ασῖται, [thi]asitai (I.Délos 1798, ll. 1-2; cf. 3-4: θ[ι]ασίτης, th[i]asites)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The member honored by the group is male.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association honored their member (I.Délos 1798, ll. 3-4: θ[ι]ασίτης, th[i]asites) Phaidros.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Roussel, P. and Hatzfeld, J. (1910), 'Fouilles de Délos exécutées aux frais de M. le Duc de Loubat: décrets, dédicaces et inscriptions funéraires (1905-1908) II', BCH 34: 355-423.
Trümper, M. (2011), ‘Where the non-Delians met in Delos: the meeting-places of foreign associations and ethnic communities in late Hellenistic Delos’, in O.M. van Nijf and R. Alston (eds.) Political culture in the Greek city after the classical age, Leuven: 49-100.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note While I.Délos 1798 is fragmentary, the probable use of the term koinon (l. 1) combined with the mention of thiasitai (ll. 1-2; cf. 3-4) and the nature of the text (honorary) makes it very likely that the inscription concerns an association.