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Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 536: symposiastai theou Asklepiou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Inland Thrace
iii. Site Augusta Traiana

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συμποσιασταὶ θεοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ (IGBulg III.2 1626, ll. 3-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) symposiastai theou Asklepiou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Asklepios

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGBulg III.2 1626 (iii AD)
Note See also: AGRW 62
Online Resources IGBulg III.2 1626 and AGRW ID 2579
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Catalogue of names in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Rectangular limestone plaque (0.85 x 0.42 x 0.15)
ii. Source(s) provenance Found rebuilt in a house at the village Rupkite (former Turkmišlij), but believed to originate from Sarlâka, 3 km to the NW, an archaeological site identified to mutatio Carasura. For Carasura, on the diagonal road between Philippopolis and Augusta Traiana, see TIR K-35/2 (Philippopolis) p. 73.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Designated as συνποσιασταί, symposiastai.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Twelve persons mentioned by name in the text.
ii. Gender Men
Note All names of attested members a male names.
iii. Age Adults
Note It is likely that the members were adults.
iv. Status All attested members were peregrini, basically of Thracian origin as revealed by their names and patronymics (one exception in l. 4 for Γερμανὸς Γερμανοῦ, Germanos son of Germanos).
v. Relations Relations can be suggested on the evidence of personal names, but have to remain hypothetical, since most names are relatively common. Thus, Ἐπτητράλις Μουκα..., Eptetralis Mouka... (l. 5) may have been the father of Μουκατράλις Ἐπτη(--?), Moukatralis Epte(--?) in l. 7. Boyadzhiev 2013: 236 also suggested that Τάρσας Σκεληνός, Tarsas Skelenos and Πιστους Σκέλου, Pistous Skelou may have been brothers; but note the difference in the formation of the patronymic.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The term symposiastai points to banquets.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments συμποσιασταί, symposiastai, in the text. This seems to be the only occurrence of the word as possibly denoting an association; cf. the term ποσιασταί, posiastai, in an inscription from Philippi (see CAPInv. 1636), συμπόσιον, symposion, in this same inscription (see CAPInv. 1635) and συμποσίαρχος/συμποσιάρχης, symposiarches, as a title (Poland 1909: 392).

Τhe term symposion occurs for professional associations in the Near East (e.g. CAPInv. 623).
ii. Poland concordance Poland B 75
iii. Bibliography Boyadzhiev, D. (2003), ‘Engraving a Name’, Thracia 15: 233-7.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The text offers no information as to the permanent character of this group or the existence of an internal organisation.