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Last Updated on 14 Mar 2017

Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1270: thieseitai (l. thiasitai)

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Black Sea Region
ii. Region North coast of the Black Sea
iii. Site Pantikapaion

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θιεσεῖται (l. θιασῖται; CIRB 76, l. 12)
ii. Full name (transliterated) thieseitai (l. thiasitai)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 82 AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) CIRB 76 (AD 82)
Online Resources CIRB 76 and AGRW ID 7548
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication by the thiasitai to Zeus and Hera Σωτῆρες, Soteres, followed by a list of members.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The stele itself, which is dedicated to Zeus and Hera Σωτῆρες, Soteres.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Menios Bradakou συναγωγός, synagogos (ll. 8-9).
iii. Members θιεσεῖται, l. θιασῖται thiasitai (l. 12)
iv. Officials One φιλάγαθος, philagathos (ll. 10-11).
One ἐπι[μ]ελη[τής], epi[m]ele[tes] (ll. 11-12).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 19 members are listed.
ii. Gender Men
Note The attested names of members are male names.
iii. Age Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship On the basis of the dedication to Zeus and Hera Soteres, worship by the group may be supposed.
Deities worshipped Zeus and Hera Soteres.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Ustinova, Yu. (1999), The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom. Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God. Leiden, Boston, Cologne: 196-7.

XIII. EVALUATION

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