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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1909: hoi thiasitai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Kos
iii. Site Kephalos (ancient deme of Isthmos)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ θιασῖται (IG XII.4 3282 l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi thiasitai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 55 (?) - 200 (?) AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII.4 3282 (55-200 AD)
Note Segre, ICos EV 346a

NSER 680
Online Resources EV 346a
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription of the thiasitai.
Greek.
The inscription was added to an already inscribed marble slab, bearing a dedication of a temple to the emperor Claudius by the demos of Isthmos.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble slab. H. 20-27 x W. 34 x Th. 7 cm.
ii. Source(s) provenance ancient Kephalos, by the church of Aghios Georgios in the bay of Kamares; necropolis of Isthmos.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The association honoured the deceased here in the dative after his death.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The cultic element in the name (thiasitai) and the personal element ([syn] Menandroi Thrasymachou) would point towards a private association, whose durability however escapes us.