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Geographical area |
Aegean Islands
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Region |
Kos
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Site |
Kos
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Full name (original language) |
θίασος (IG XII 4.1 125 l. 7)
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Full name (transliterated) |
thiasos
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Date(s)
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s. ii - f. i BC
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Source(s) |
IG XII 4.1 125 (second half of ii BC - first half of i BC)
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Decree in Greek poorly preserved. The decree mentions an ἐπαγγελίαν, epaggelian (l. 6), a promise probably to financial contributions towards the thiasos.
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Physical format(s) |
Right fragments of a marble stele. H. 22.5 x W. 18 x Th. 6 cm.
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Source(s) provenance |
Unknown. Now in Kos Museum.
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Officials |
ἐπιμήνιοι, epimenioi (l. 3)
[ταμί]αι, tamiai (l. 12) (the word is heavily restored and thus it remains unclear whether tamiai were indeed included among the officials of the thiasos).
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Treasury/Funds |
Despite the fragmentary nature of the inscription, it seems that the decree recorded the promise of financial contribution towards the thiasos (ll. 6-7), with the amount expected to be donated no less than 100 drachmas (l. 9).
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Worship |
In line 10 there is a reference to several gods (εἰς τὸς θεὸς, eis tos theos), the precise meaning and context of which eludes us due to the fragmentary nature of the inscription.
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Deities worshipped |
theoi
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Comments |
Epimenioi are attested as officials in other associations in Kos (see CAP Inv.) as well as in civic subdivisions (e.g. IG XII 4.1 103); in all cases their duties are religious in nature.
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
Although the decree is badly preserved, the occurrence of the term thiasos, together with the attestation of epimemioi and the promise of a financial contribution all this points towards a private association.
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