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Last Updated on 21 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1699: hoi thiaseitai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Metropolis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ θιασεῖται (I.Eph(esos) 3466a, l. ii.1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi thiaseitai

III. DATE

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

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:thiaseitai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 3466a (300 (?) - 100 (?) BC)
Note For the date, based on the letter forms, cf. Pleket in SEG 32,1169 and 1170
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 3466a
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Epitaph, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble pedimental stele, showing two wreaths
ii. Source(s) provenance Metropolis

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association commemorates Menekrates son of Antiochos

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note This was presumably a private association commemorating one of its members. For this purpose, it joined his hetairoi (friends and relatives without formal organization); the inscription depicts two wreaths, one for each group.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain