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Last Updated on 02 Mar 2017

Author: Paschalis Paschidis

CAPInv. 724: threskia ton Asklepiaston

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Mygdonia
iii. Site Thessalonike

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θρησκία τῶν Ἀσκληπιαστῶν (SEG 56: 812)
ii. Full name (transliterated) threskia ton Asklepiaston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 237 AD - 238

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Asklepiastai
iii. Descriptive terms θρησκία, threskia
Note threskia: SEG 56: 812, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 56: 812 (AD 237/8)
Note Other editions: IG X.2.1 480
Online Resources IG X.2.1 480 (this edition without the corrections by Nigdelis 2006: 135-46) and AGRW ID 15511
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek funerary inscription.
i.c. Physical format(s) Funerary altar

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction For the two possible explanations for the fact that two different associations paid for the funerary monument of the musician Memnon, see the comments on the bakchion Asianon Beientoros in CAPInv. 723 (XI.i: Local interaction).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments This is one of the two possible examples from Macedonia for the term θρησκεία, threskeia, used for an association (see the comments on CAPInv. 698), cf. Chaniotis in EBGR 2006: no. 88.
This is the only known association of Asklepios in Macedonia (Nigdelis 2006: 137).
iii. Bibliography Nigdelis, P.M. (2006), Επιγραφικά Θεσσαλονίκεια. Συμβολή στην πολιτική και κοινωνική ιστορία της αρχαίας Θεσσαλονίκης, Thessaloniki: 135-46, re-edition with all earlier literature.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note We know practically nothing about this cultic group other than its name. The fact that it is associated with another private cultic association in an activity typical for private associations (contributing to the cost of members' burials) indicates that it is a private association too.