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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1882: to koinon ton peri ton Dionyson techniton ton ep' Ionias kai Hellespontou kai ton peri ton Kathegemona Dionyson kai ton synagoniston

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Kos
iii. Site Kos town and Asklepieion.

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῶν περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τεχνιτῶν τῶν ἐπ᾽ Ἰωνίας καὶ Ἑλλησπόντου καὶ τῶν περὶ τὸν Καθηγενόμα Διόνυσον καὶ τῶν συναγωνιστῶν (IG XII 4.1 124 ll. 2-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton peri ton Dionyson techniton ton ep' Ionias kai Hellespontou kai ton peri ton Kathegemona Dionyson kai ton synagoniston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms τὸ κοινὸν τῶν περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τεχνιτῶν, to koinon ton peri ton Dionyson techniton (ll. 10-11)
ii. Name elements
Cultic:peri ton Dionyson
peri ton kathegemona Dionyson (cult of Dionysos in the Attalid kingdom)
Geographical:ep' Ionias kai Hellespontou
Professional:technitai
synagonistai
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν
Note koinon, ll. 2, 11

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII 4.1 124 (second half of ii BC)
Note For fragment a see also:
NS 439 (ll. 1-3)
ED 141
Jaccottet I no. 55
Aneziri D 15*
Online Resources ED 141
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek.
Honorific decree of the Hellespontine branch of the Dionysiac technitai together with the synagonistai.
The name of the honor and is unknown except of the three first letters (Tiιμ[...], l. 7).
A laurel crown is engraved in the stele above the text of the decree.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele broken into three fragments.
A wreath is incised above the inscription.
ii. Source(s) provenance Fragment a was found near the theatre in Kos. Fragments b and c were found in the Asklepieion.

VII. ORGANIZATION

v. Other staff πρεσβευταί, presbeutai l. 12

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The technitai honoured an unknown individual.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The decree is dated after the Koan eponymous, in the month of Hayakinthios (ll. 1-2).

Although lines 5 and 6 are heavily restored, the reading of the name finds parallels in other decrees issued by the Pergamene sub-branch of the technitai.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The fragmentary nature of the decree provides little information about the organization and activities of the Dionysiac technitai who are otherwise well attested across the Hellenistic world; the organization of the technitai and their various branches have been studied thoroughly.