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Last Updated on 09 Jul 2019

Author: Maria Paz de Hoz

CAPInv. 915: Chrysanthinoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lydia
iii. Site Saittai

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Χρυσάνθινοι (TAM V.1 93, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Chrysanthinoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 225 / 226 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:Like the agones Chrysanthina in Sardeis,
the name is probably derived from a
ritual cult related to the myth of Kore.
Cf. Robert, J., and L. (1963), BE 76:
169, no. 234.
Other:The name may also refer to the prize given to the winners in the Chrysantina games related to the cult of Kore. Cf. Robert, J., and L. (1963), BE 76: 169, no. 234.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) TAM V.1 93 (225/6 AD)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription dedicated by the association to one of its members. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele with pediment.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Icikler.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The members are called φίλοι, philoi: οἱ φίλοι τὸν φίλον hoi philoi ton philon (TAM V.1 93, l. 4)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iii. Age Adults
Note The only attested member is a man 25 years old.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association surely has funerary activities, at least towards its members, such as professional associations have. On funerary activities of professional associations cf. van Nijf (1997): 38-69.

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad There is no information on the possible relationship between this association, the agones Chrysanthina in Sardeis and the Χρυσα]νθίνων συμβίωσις in Philadelpheia (TAM V3, 1524).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Herrmann, P. (1962), Ergebnisse einer Reise in Nordostlydien. Vienna.
van Nijf, O. (1997), The civic world of professional associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam, pp. 38-69.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note It is probably a cult or agonistic association, and as such most probably private.