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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 Ἁλιαστᾶν τῶν σὺν Πυθίων<ι> (IG XII.4 2777, lines 2-4)
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Full name (transliterated) |
thiasos Aliastan ton syn Pythion<i>
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Date(s)
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200 (?) - 1 (?) BC
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Name elements |
| Cultic: | θίασος, thiasos
The term both refers specifically to a cultic group and, more widely, to a collectivity. | | Personal: | σὺν Πυθίων<ι>, sym Pythion<i>
The name is Pythion. | | Theophoric: | Ἁλιασταί, Aliastai |
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Descriptive terms |
θίασοs, thiasos
The term both refers specifically to a cultic group and, more widely, to a collectivity.
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Source(s) |
IG XII.4 2777, on the basis of the copy of Herzog.
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Boundary stone of a burial plot. Greek.
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Physical format(s) |
Boundary stone of the type called Travertin.
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Source(s) provenance |
Found in 1900 during canal work near the theatre.
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References to buildings/objects |
The point of reference of the boundary stone (ὅρος) is presumably to a burial plot, usually specified in this type of boundary.
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Founder(s) |
Pythion.
This individual, mentioned in the name of the association, is either its founder or its leader.
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Gender |
Male
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Leadership |
See above.
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Deities worshipped |
Helios.
The theophoric or cultic element Ἁλιασταί, Aliastai, implies the celebration of the god Helios.
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
Little is known about this association and its context. But simply on the basis of its name and by comparison with other highly similar boundary stones of the burial plots of associations near the city of Kos (more than 50 in number, cf. e.g. CAPI no. 1826), we can be confident that it constituted a private association.
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