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Last Updated on 27 Feb 2017

Author: Damiana Baldassarra

CAPInv. 1105: U-WGR-001

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Greece with the Ionian Islands
ii. Region Acarnania
iii. Site Thyrreion

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-WGR-001

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. ii BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG IX.12.2 596 (ii BC )
Note Addenda post no. 252
Online Resources IG IX 12.2 596
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication
i.c. Physical format(s) Upper part of a red limestone stele.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership προστάτης, prostates (presiding officer): Να[υ--- τοῦ]| [Σ]φοδρίων[ος, Na[u--- tou] [S]fodrion[os, (IG IX.12.2 596, Addenda post no. 252, ll. 3-4)
iii. Members σύνθυται, synthytai (fellow sacrificers). Recorded in number of 5 (at least): [Σφο]δρίων Ἡρακλε[---], [Sfo]drion Herakle [---],(IG IX 12 2, 596, l. 1); [Ἀ]νδρόνι[κος τοῦ δεῖνος], [A]ndroni[kos tou deinos], (IG IX.12.2 596, l. 6); [Τ]ιμοκ[ρ--- τοῦ δεῖνος], [T]imok[r--- tou deinos], (IG IX.12.2 596, l. 7); [Ζ]ώπυ[ρος τοῦ δεῖνος], [Z]opy[ros tou deinos], (IG IX.12.2 596, l. 8); ΛΑΤ̣[--- τοῦ δεῖνος], LAT [--- tou deinos], (IG IX.12.2 596, l. 9); ․ N[--- τοῦ δεῖνος], N[--- tou deinos], (IG IX.12.2 596, l. 10).
iv. Officials [ἐ]πιμελητῆς, epimeletes (curator of sacred matters) Σωτ[--- τοῦ δεῖνος], Sot[--- tou deinos] (IG IX.12.2 596, l. 5);

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 8?
ii. Gender Men
Note The recorded names are male names.
iii. Age Adults
v. Relations The dedicator Sphodrion is the father of the προστάτης prostates, Nau[---]

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The dedicatory nature of the inscription and the idea of sacrifice evoked by the name of the members may suggest worship by the group.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Baldassarra, D. (2010), ‘Le liste cultuali della Grecia nord-occidentale: tipologie, protagonisti e fenomenologia rituale’, in C. Antonetti (ed.), Lo spazio ionico e le comunità della Grecia nord-occidentale. Territorio, società, istituzioni, Pisa: 341-71.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The organisation of the group with officials and the character of the source suggests a private association. However, the absence of clear terminology for association and the lack of further information on the group does not allow more certain conclusions.