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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1696: hoi thiasitai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ θιασῖται (SEG 43: 774, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi thiasitai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 200 (?) - 30 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:thiasitai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 43: 774 (200 (?) - 30 (?) BC)
Note See also:
Suppl. Ephes. 1531*10
Online Resources Suppl. Ephes. 1531*10
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorary inscription, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) White marble stele
ii. Source(s) provenance Artemision of Ephesos

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association honours Metrodoros son of Demetrios from Lysimacheia.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Knibbe, D., Engelmann, H., and Iplikçioğlu, B. (1993), ‘Neue Inschriften aus Ephesos XII’, JÖAI 62: 124-30, esp. 136, no. 39.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Nothing is known beyond the mere name of the group. This may have been a thiasos worshipping Artemis, or at least using the sanctuary of Artemis to publicly honour a benefactor.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain