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Author: Ursula Kunnert

CAPInv. 1779: hoi peri Marcellus son of Elis kai Hermogenes son of Deios kai Sokrates son of Germanus kai Hermog[en]es son of Tiberius hieraphoroi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Cilicia
iii. Site Anazarbos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ περὶ Μάρκελλον Ἠλεὶ καὶ Ἑρμογένην Δείου καὶ Σωκράτην Γερμανοῦ καὶ Ἑρμογ[έν]ην Τιβερίου ἱεραφόροι (I.Anazarbos 4, ll. 8-10)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi peri Marcellus son of Elis kai Hermogenes son of Deios kai Sokrates son of Germanus kai Hermog[en]es son of Tiberius hieraphoroi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 207 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:hoi peri X, 'those under X'

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Anazarbos 4 (207 AD)
Note Other editions/commentaries:
AGRW 211
Gough 1952: 129-31, no. 2
Online Resources AGRW ID# 1515
I.Anazarbos 4
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Limestone base for a statue, H. 1.45 m, W. 0.60 m, Th. 0.60 m
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a fosse in the west of the northern city gate

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Maybe the four men mentioned with hoi peri (Marcellus, son of Eleis, Hermogenes, son of Deios, Sokrates, son of Germanus, and Hermogenes, son of Tiberius) are the leaders of an association, not only of the hieraphoroi, the carriers of sacred objects (cf. the comment in XIII.i).
iii. Members Some of the members of the association act as carriers of the sacred objects (hieraphoroi) in processions and rituals, maybe in the imperial cult.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Some of the members of the association act as carriers of the sacred objects (hieraphoroi) in processions and rituals, maybe in the imperial cult.
Deities worshipped Imperial cult?
iv. Honours/Other activities Several hieraphoroi of associations and the ostiarii honoured the emperor Caracalla with a statue.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The hieraphoroi of several associations collaborate together in processions and rituals as carriers of sacred objects and together with the ostiarii for the erection of a statue.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Gough, M. (1952), ‘Anazarbusz’, AS 2: 85-159, esp. 129-31, no. 2.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note Since in the same inscription the hieraphoroi of the (syntechnia of the) wool carders and the association of the porters are named (see CAPInv. 1780 and CAPInv. 1781), it is possible that the carriers of sacred objects hoi peri ('those under') are also members of an association. The four men mentioned appear to be the leaders of the group, given that the other members identify themselves as 'those under them'. The nature of this possible association is unknown.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain