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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1869: he synodos Oseiriastan hoi syn Iasoni Bolichou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Kos
iii. Site Kos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ σύνοδος Ὀσειριαστᾶν οἱ σὺν Ἰάσ[ωνι Βωλίχου] (IG XII 4.2, 553, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he synodos Oseiriastan hoi syn Iasoni Bolichou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:syn Iasoni Bolichou
Theophoric:Oseiriastan
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII 4.2, 553 (i BC)
Note EV 375 (ii BC)
RICIS 204/1001
Maillot 2013: no. 49
Online Resources EV 375
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek (Doric dialect) to Osiris by the synodos of the Osiriastai together with Iason son of Bolichos.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble base broken on the right decorated with a corniche at the left side and at the back.
H. 22 x L. 89 x Th. 80 cm
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a garden in the suburbs of the town of Kos.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) syn Iasoni Bolichou (l. 1): Iason son of Bolichos was probably the founder or the leader of the association.
Gender Male
ii. Leadership See VII.i.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number The names of 18 members are inscribed on the base
ii. Gender Men
Note In light of the names inscribed on the base, all members were apparently men.
iv. Status All names are followed by the patronymic, though the patronymics in the third column are only partially preserved.
All names are Greek.
v. Relations Dorion son of Dorion (l. 3) and Apollonios son of Dorion (l. 9) were probably brothers.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Dedication to Osiris (l. 1).
Deities worshipped Osiris

XII. NOTES

i. Comments A boundary stone from Kos bears witness to another cultic association of Osiriastai (CAP Inv. 1903), which however on the basis of the name should not be identical with the inscription in question. Together with CAP Inv. 1868 all these inscriptions testify to the prosperity of Egyptian cults in late Hellenistic/ early Imperial Kos and the organization of worshippers in cultic associations.
iii. Bibliography Maillot, S. (2013), 'Les associations à Cos', in P. Hamon and P. Fröhlich (eds.), Groupes et associations dans les cités grecques. Geneva: 199-226.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The name bears witness to an organised cultic association centered around the cult of Osiris.