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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1135: to koinon ton peri ton Dionyson techniton

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῶν π[ερὶ τὸν Διόνυσον] τεχνιτῶν [...] (Dimitrova 2008: no.11 ll. 15-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton peri ton Dionyson techniton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:peri ton Dionyson
Professional:technitai: artists, including actors, musicians, poets and those involved in various ways with dramatic performance.
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note Dimitrova 2008 no. 11 l. 15

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Dimitrova 2008: no. 11 ll. 15-9 (ii BC?).
Note Dimitrova dates the inscription to the second century BC on the basis of lettering.
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script List of theoroi-proxenoi (?) from Kos, Bargylia, Klazomenai and a koinon of Dionysiac artists. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Wall block of Thasian marble, broken above and on the left. An end dowel hole is visible at the left bottom edge.
H. 35 x W. 62 x Th. 20 cm.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the Genoese Towers in 1995.

VII. ORGANIZATION

viii. Obligations Two technitai, Aratos son of Strat[...] and Noumenios son of Da[...] Tarantinos, represented the Dionysiac artists of Ionia and the Hellespont as theoroi at the Samothracian festival.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status Noumenios son of Da[...] was from Tarentum in Southern Italy. Fifteen other technitai from Tarentum are known (Stephanis 1988: 554). This is the first Tarentine attested as visiting Samothrace (Dimitrova 2008: 41).
v. Relations Although the names Aratos and Noumenios are attested without patronymics for other Dionysiac technitai (see Stephanis 1988), no identification is possible.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The technitai send two sacred delegates (theoroi) at the Samothracian festival, possibly the Dionysia.

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad The technitai feature along cities of Asia Minor in the list of theoroi to the Sanctuary of the Great Gods in Samothrace. Their presence might reflect the importance of dramatic performances at the Samothracian festival (Dimitrova 2008: 39).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments For two theoroi sent by the Ionian and Hellespontic branch of the Dionysiac artists to Samothrace see CAP Inv. no. 178.
iii. Bibliography Dimitrova, N.M. (2008), Theoroi and Initiates in Samothrace. Hesperia Suppl. 37. Princeton.
Stephanis, I.E. (1988), Διονυσιακοί τεχνίται. Συμβολή στην προσωπογραφία του θεάτρου και της μουσικής των αρχαίων Ελλήνων. Herakleion.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The Dionysiac technitai were a formally organized association as it is clearly demonstrated in other inscriptions.