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Last Updated on 24 Jun 2019

Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 833: hoi thiasitai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Caria
iii. Site Herakleia-on-the-Latmos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ θιασῖται (BE 1954: no. 52, line 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi thiasitai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 300 (?) BC - 200 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:See below X.iii; the term thiasos here, as often, refers to a cultic group.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) BE 1954: no. 52 (ca. 300-200 BC?).
Note Cf. also SEG 13, 496; BE 1954: no. 52.
Online Resources Herakleia Latmia 15
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication.
Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stone slab.
ii. Source(s) provenance Pınarcık.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Νέστωρ, Nestor? (line 2)
Before the thiasitai, there is a mention of an individual called Nestor (father's name missing), perhaps the leader or founder of the cult-group. Alternatively, he may simply have been someone taking the initiative to set up the dedication.
Gender Male

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Dedication to Egyptian gods, which the thiasitai worshipped.
Deities worshipped Sarapis, Isis and Anoubis.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note Whether this was a durable or ad hoc cultic group remains unclear from the small evidence available. It was certainly private, but perhaps not a full-fledged association.