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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 122: hoi psapharoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Laodikeia by the Lykos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ψαφαροί (I.Laodikeia am Lykos 63, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi psapharoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Kinship-related:ψαφαροί, Psapharoi? (Cf. XII.i comments)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Laodikeia am Lykos 63 (i - iii AD)
Online Resources I.Laodikeia am Lykoss 63
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Relief with inscription. The relief shows Zeus (with an eagle) and Hermes (much smaller, on a pedestal).
ii. Source(s) provenance Reportedly found in the surroundings of Laodikeia. But Corsten, followed by Ritti 2002: 51-2, points out the possibility that the monument actually derives from Thiunta.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials γραμματεύων, grammateuon (written γαματεύων) (l. 2)

X. ACTIVITIES

Deities worshipped Zeus
Hermes

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad The very unusual term ψαφαρός, psapharos ("dry") and the iconography of the relief point to relations with Thiunta, but there is a strong possibility that the relief actually derives from there.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments It is unclear what ψαφαροί, psapharoi means in this context. The only other epigraphic attestation comes from nearby Thiunta, where it is attested as a personal name in a φράτρα, phratra.
iii. Bibliography Corsten, Th. (1997), Die Inschriften von Laodikeia I. Bonn.
Ritti, T. (2002), ‘Documenti epigrafici dalla regione di Hierapolis’, EA 34: 41-70.
Ritti, T., and Baysal, H. (2008), Denizli-Hierapolis Arkeoloji Müzesi. Yunanca ve Latince Yazılı Eserlerin Kataloğu. Napoli: no. 32.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The plural designation and the presence of a scribe may point to an association that revered Zeus and Hermes (Corsten), but a non-private regional organization cannot be exluded.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain