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Last Updated on 08 Mar 2017

Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1185: toi (l. hoi) syssitoi toi (l. hoi) Timonaktos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Euxine Coast
iii. Site Callatis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τοὶ (l. οἱ) σύσσιτοι τοὶ (l. οἱ) Τιμώνακτος (I.Kallatis 255, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) toi (l. hoi) syssitoi toi (l. hoi) Timonaktos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) m. iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Timonax
Other:syssitoi: The association seems to be a confraternity.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I. Kallatis III 255 (m. iv BC)
Online Resources I. Kallatis 255
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication of a cantharos by the σύσσιτοι, syssitoi to Naukasamas, one of the members (a), and Naukasamas' ansewer (written here Naukosamas) (b). Verse inscription.
i.c. Physical format(s) Cantharos with graffitos on the neck (under the rim) (a) and on the foot (b).
ii. Source(s) provenance Callatis, north sector of the Greek necropolis, tomb no. 40 (now lost).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The cantharos itself (object of the dedication).

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) On the basis of the name of the group, Timonax was certainly the leader and possibly also the founder.
ii. Leadership On the basis of the name of the group, Timonax was certainly the leader and possibly also the founder.
iii. Members τοὶ (l. οἱ) σύσσιτοι τοὶ (l. οἱ) Τιμώνακτος, toi (l. hoi) syssitoi toi (l. hoi) Timonaktos (I.Kallatis 255, l. 1)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The two names of members attested are male names.
iii. Age Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events Symposia because the graffito on the cantharos suggests a sympotic context.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology suggests a private association.