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Last Updated on 24 Jun 2019

Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 1648: ho thiasos ton Sarapiaston

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lycia
iii. Site Limyra

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ θίασος τῶν Σαραπιαστῶν (SEG 55, 1463bis, lines 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho thiasos ton Sarapiaston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 300 (?) - 100 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:θίασος, thiasos
Σαραπιασταί, Sarapiastai
Both elements of the name clearly indicate a cultic group formed in honour of Sarapis.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 55, 1463bis (ca. 300 - 100 BC?)
Note Ed. pr. L. Bricault, RICIS 464, no. 306/0601.
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication.
Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Altar of unspecified shape and material.
ii. Source(s) provenance Unclear.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Χοιρῖνος, Choirinos (line 1)
The principal dedicant of the inscription, with whom the thiasos is associated, may be thought to be its leader or at least one of its members.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The inscription is apparently inscribed on an altar.
Deities worshipped Σαράπις, Sarapis (line 1)
The Egyptian deity Sarapis is the principal god worshipped by the association, as attested by its name. See Bricault for further commentary.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The private and associational character of the group seems assured. For a group with an identical name on Delos, cf. CAP Inv. 217.