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Geographical area |
Eastern Asia Minor
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Region |
Galatia
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Site |
Pessinous
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Full name (original language) |
ἡ ἱερὰ μουσικὴ Σεουηρα[νὴ σύνοδος τῶν περὶ Διόνυσον τεχνετῶν] (I.Pessinous 35)
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Full name (transliterated) |
he hiera mousike Severia[ne synodos ton peri Dionyson techneiton]
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Date(s)
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193 (?) AD - 235 (?)
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Name elements |
| Personal: | Σεουηριανή, Severiane, referring to the Severan dynasty | | Professional: | τεχνεῖται, techneitai, ("artists") | | Theophoric: | περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον, peri ton Dionyson, ("Dionysian") | | Other: | ἱερὰ, hiera |
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Descriptive terms |
σύνοδος, synodos
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Source(s) |
I.Pessinous 35
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Note |
Devreker and Strubbe 1996: 60-61 no. 9 (SEG 46, 1630; AE 1996, 1492)
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Online Resources |
I.Pessinous 35
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Building inscription
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Physical format(s) |
White marble block, decorated with a large raised moulding running along the upper part of the stone on the front and on the two sides; holes for fixing another stone on the top, back side much worn.
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Source(s) provenance |
Ballıhisar, in the orchestra of the theater, now in the Museum of Pessinous.
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Archaeological remains |
The block carrying the inscription was part of an unknown larger structure belonging to or related to the activities of the Dionysiac artists.
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Comments |
For the Dionysiac artists at Pessinous in an earlier period cf. CAPInv. 1956.
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
The Dionysiac artists were a special phenomenon, at times acting as a separate state. They can nevertheless be labelled a private association.
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