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Last Updated on 11 Jul 2019

Author: Andreas Victor Walser

CAPInv. 1045: Skiridai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Miletus

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Σκιρίδαι (Milet VI.3 1225)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Skiridai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) b. 233 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Artemis Bulephoros Skiris

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Milet VI.3 1225
Note Sokolowski, LSAM 47.
Other editions listed in Milet VI.3
Online Resources Milet I 2, p. 117
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Decree regulating the cult of Artemis Bulephoros Skiris
i.c. Physical format(s) Square marble block
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the theater

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Σκιρίδαι, Skiridai

IX. MEMBERSHIP

v. Relations It is possible that the Skiridai were a genos, a cult-association based on – fictive – common descent.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The Skridai seem to be in charge of the cult of Artemis Bulephoros Skiris in Miletus, though we do not know exactly, what their responsibilities actually were.
Deities worshipped Artemis Bulephoros Skiris
iv. Honours/Other activities The Skiridai propose in the popular assembly to change the modalities for collections for Artemis Bulephoros Skiris. We do not know what changes they actually proposed. The people decide to ask the oracle in Didyma whether the existing rules should be changed or left as they are. Since this decree was carved in stone, we can assume that the oracle was favorable to the Skridai.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments It is uncertain what kind of association the Skiridai actually were. It is possible that they (at least originally) formed a clan/genos or a gentilicial group.

Cf. the general remarks on CAPInv. 1046 in section XIII.i.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note It is uncertain what kind of association the Skiridai actually were. It is possible that they (at least originally) formed a clan/genos or a gentilicial group.