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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 271: [koinon] ton thiasoton

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [κοινὸν] τῶν θιασωτῶν (IG II2 1318, ll. 9-10)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [koinon] ton thiasoton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:thiasotai
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: IG II2 1318, l. 5

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 1318 (l. iii BC)
Note Ed. pr.: Athenaion 8 (1879): 232, no. 2 (ΑΡΜΑ 1: 76, no. 388)
Online Resources IG II2 1318 and AGRW 23254
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary Greek honorary decree for uknown magistrates. One of them has contributed from his own purse to the group's well-being.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele measuring 0.18x0.165m.
ii. Source(s) provenance No indication of provenance, now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 7765.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The members of the group are called θιασῶται, thiasotai, ll. 10, 14.
iv. Officials The association's officials (lost in lacuna) had financial accountability to the group, ll. 6-9: δεδώκασιν δὲ καὶ λό[γον καὶ] | εὐθύνα[ς ἁπά]ντων τ[ῶν ωἰκο]|νομημένων αὐτοῖ[ς ἐν τῶι | ἐν]ιαυτῶι, dedokasin de kai lo[gon kai] euthyna[s hapa]nton t[on oiko]nomemenon autoi[s en toi] [en]iautoi.
vi. Laws and rules The association had a rule about the financial accountability of its officials, ll. 6-9: δεδώκασιν δὲ καὶ λό[γον καὶ] | εὐθύνα[ς ἁπά]ντων τ[ῶν ωἰκο]|νομημένων αὐτοῖ[ς ἐν τῶι | ἐν]ιαυτῶι, dedokasin de kai lo[gon kai] euthyna[s hapa]nton t[on oiko]nomemenon autoi[s en toi] [en]iautoi.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The honoured person must have been a man, see the word [αὐ]τός, [au]tos in l. 3.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The initial part of the standard hortatory formula, the praise, is preserved in l. 10: [ἐπ]αινέσαι, [ep]ainesai.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A22
iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens: 69.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C. Paris: 287.
Mikalson, J. (1998), Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Los Angeles: 151.
Pakkanen, P. (1996), Interpreting early Hellenistic religion. A study based on the mystery cult of Demeter and the cult of Isis. Helsinki.
Tracy, S. (1990), Attic letter-cutters of 229 to 86 B.C.. Berkeley: 68.
Wilhelm, A. (2006), ‘Attische Urkunden. Teil VI’, in H. Taeuber (ed.), A. Wilhelm. Kleine Schriften III. Schriften aus Adolf Wilhelm Nachlass, Wien: 272, no. 44.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The association displays all the hallmarks of a private association: distinct name, membership, organization, property and durability.