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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 996: hoi therapeuontes en toi hieroi toutoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Delos
iii. Site Delos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ θεραπεύοντες ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι τούτωι (IG XI.4 1217)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi therapeuontes en toi hieroi toutoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii / ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:hoi therapeuontes en toi hieroi toutoi: See XII.i.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XI.4 1217 (l. iii - e. ii BC)
Note RICIS no. 202/0115 (Bricault 2013: no. 98a)
CE 2b
Online Resources IG XI.4 1217
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Couch.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Sarapieion A.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials ἐπιμεληθέντος, epimelethentos
It should remain open to question whether the epimeletes is connected to this group or whether it stands for the epimeletes of the Sarapieion A (See XII.i).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds ἀπὸ τῶν συνόδων, apo ton synodon: this phrase denotes income (see LSJ9 s.v. σύνοδος III).
See however below XII.i as it is uncertain whether the synodoi refer to the proceeds of an association or to ad hoc contributions.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Dedication (of a couch: inferred by the inscription incised on a couch - not explicitly mentioned in the text) to Sarapis, Isis and Anubis.
Deities worshipped Sarapis
Isis
Anubis

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Bricault (2005: RICIS no. 202/0115) considers the therapeuontes en toi hieroi toutoi an association (note the translation of the inscription: 'l'associations des thérapeutes de ce sanctuaire'). The present participle of the verb therapeuo would rather indicate that we are dealing with active worshippers, highlighting their religious identity in the dedication they set up. Their participation in a common economic activity (contributions for the purchase of a couch) does not need indicate that they constituted a private association.

Demetrios son of Dallios who took care of the dedication (epimelethentos) and possible of the collection of the contributions, is actively involved in other dedications made in Sarapieion A, always in connection to subscriptions (IG XI.4 1216; 1218; 1219?). He seems to have been the epimeletes of Sarapieion A in light of an individual dedication that dates after him (IG XI.4 1220).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Discarded
Note Although this group often features as an association in scholarship, the name of the group does not provide conclusive evidence (see above XII.i.) for including it among private associations.