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Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1202: U-THR-035

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Euxine Coast
iii. Site Tomis

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-THR-035

III. DATE

i. Date(s) f. iii AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Tomis 98 (f. iii AD)
Note See also: RICIS 618/1007
Online Resources I.Tomis 98 and AGRW ID 14635
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary Greek honorary inscription of the [ἱ]εροναῦται, [h]ieronautai (see XII.i: Comments), for the [πατὴρ π]αστοφόρω[ν], [pater p]astophoro[n], and his wife.
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragment of the left middle part of a marble stele.
ii. Source(s) provenance Tomis

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership [Aris]tarchos [π]ροστάτης, [p]rostates (cf. ll. 7-8: [π]ροστατοῦντος [ - - ], with the discussion below, XII.i: Comments).
iii. Members Called ἱεροναῦται, hieronautai (ll. 4-5) (see XII.i: Comments).
iv. Officials An anonymous [pater p]astophoro[n] (l. 3), who received the honours of the hieronautai.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Women
Note Possibly also women, for the titulus honorarius is for the [πατὴρ π]αστοφόρω[ν], [pater p]astophoro[n], and his wife. Hence, she also might have been a member of the association.
iii. Age Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Honours for one of the members and his wife.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The restoration of l. 7, and therefore the descriptive term used, is not certain: either [π]ροστατοῦντος [τοῦ κοινοῦ], [p]rostantountos [tou koinou] (I.Timos 98, following L. Vidman) or [τοῦ θιάσου], [tou thiasou] (alternative restoration suggested by the same L. Vidman). [τῆς συνόδου], [tes synodou], might be also possible (Avram).

L. Bricault, RICIS, under no. 618/1007, remarks: “c’est la seule mention de ἱεροναῦται dans les cultes isiaques; il faut peut-être associer les membres de ce collège aux fêtes maritimes telles que le Navigium Isidis”. He refers to RICIS 114/0703 (Byzantion) and Vidman 1970: 76-87. For the pastophoroi he refers to RICIS 501/0174 (Rome).
iii. Bibliography Chiekova, D. (2008), Cultes et vie religieuse des cités grecques du Pont Gauche (VIIe-Ier siècles avant J.-C.). Bern: 255.
Tacheva-Hitova, M. (1983), Eastern Cults in Moesia Inferior and Thracia (5th Century B.C.-4th Century A.D.). Leiden: 13-4 no. I.18.
Vidman, L. (1969), Sylloge inscriptionum religionis Isiacae et Sarapiacae. Berlin: no. 709.
Vidman, L. (1970), Isis und Sarapis bei den Griechen und Römern. Epigraphische Studien zur Verbreitung und zu den Trägern des ägyptischen Kultes. Berlin: 82-3 with n. 65.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed points to a private association.