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Last Updated on 24 Jun 2019

Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 1652: ho thiasos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lycia
iii. Site Tlos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ θίασος (TAM II 604, line 8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho thiasos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 300 (?) - 100 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:θίασος, thiasos
The precise connotation of thiasos in this case is unknown; it may have been cultic.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) TAM II 640 (ca. 300 - 100 BC?)
Online Resources PHI: TAM II 640

Harland, AGRW no. 9365
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary or honorific inscription.
Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Cylindrical block of limestone, possibly a grave-marker.
ii. Source(s) provenance Tlos.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members θ̣[ια]σείται, thiaseitai (line 8)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number The inscription preserves a list of 11 names, who together constitute the thiasos. If Masa, the (deceased?) honorand called thiaseites, is included in their ranks, the total would be 12.
ii. Gender Men
Note All members appear to be male.
iv. Status All members (except Masa the honorand) are listed with their father's name, probably indicating that they are citizens of Tlos.
v. Relations None of the members appear to be relatives.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Masa, a fellow thiaseites, is honoured for his affection or kindness (philostorgia).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Though the context and purpose of the group remain wholly unclear, it appears to be both circumscribed and organised, enacting honours one of its (former?) members. It thus forms a probable candidate for a private association.