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Geographical area |
Western Asia Minor
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Region |
Caria
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Site |
Mylasa
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Full name (original language) |
οἱ τεμενῖται (Blümel 2004: 13 no. 15, line 3)
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Full name (transliterated) |
hoi temenitai
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Date(s)
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150 BC - 50 AD
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Name elements |
Cultic: | οἱ τεμενῖται ,hoi temenitai The term stricto sensu designates worshippers who gathered together in a temenos or sacred precinct. Possibly the term may also have had funerary connotations, referring to a mortuary precinct, see XIII.i below, for parallels. |
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Source(s) |
Blümel 2004: 13 no. 15 (late Hellenistic).
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Note |
Cf. also Carbon 2013.
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Online Resources |
No text available online.
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Dedication in Greek erected in fulfilment of a vow.
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Physical format(s) |
The inscription is written on the vertical side of a cylindrical altar or base with an indentation at the top. A relief above the inscription depicts a dolphin resting on a pillar.
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Source(s) provenance |
Milas.
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Founder(s) |
The principal individual mentioned in the text before the temenitai is one Eutychos (no paternal name), probably the founder or leader of the group in question.
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Gender |
Male
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Leadership |
See immediately above.
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Worship |
The short inscription is said to be a consecration, made in fulfilment of a vow (εὐχὴν).
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Deities worshipped |
Apollo or Apollo Delphinios? This recipient is not explicitly mentioned, but for an interpretation of the relief depicting a dolphin on a pillar, see Carbon 2013.
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Bibliography |
Blümel, W. (2004) "Neue Inschriften aus Karien: Mylasa und Umgebung II", EA 37: 1-42.
Carbon, J.-M. (2013) "Dolphin-pillars", EA 46: 27-34.
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Private association |
Probable
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Note |
The precise character and context of the temenitai associated with Eutychos in this dedication remain somewhat enigmatic, also since temenitai are otherwise unattestated at Mylasa. Nevertheless, a cultic association, possibly one having connections to Apollo Delphinios and Miletos, is a strong probability. For the cultic and funerary dimensions of the temenitai at Miletos, see here CAPInv. 998, CAPInv. 999, CAPInv. 1000, CAPInv. 1001, and CAPInv. 1004.
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