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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 1901: thiasitai Hekataistai ton syn Auloi Gabinioi Gabinias Phileroti

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θιασιτᾶν Ἑκαταϊστᾶν τῶν σὺν Αὔλωι Γαβινίωι Γαβινίας Φιλέρωτι (IG XII.4 2787, lines 2-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) thiasitai Hekataistai ton syn Auloi Gabinioi Gabinias Phileroti

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 100 (?) - 1 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:thiasitai (θιασιτᾶν, line 2)
Personal:Aulos Gabinios Gabinias Phileros (σὺν Αὔλωι Γαβινίωι Γαβινίας Φιλέρωτι, lines 3-6)
Theophoric:Hekataistai (Ἑκαταϊστᾶν, lines 2-3)
iii. Descriptive terms thiasitai (θιασιτᾶν, line 2)
Note The term both refers specifically to a cultic group and, more widely, to a collectivity.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII.4 2787.
Note Segre, I. Cos EF 200; SEG 57.779; Tsouli 2013: no. 492c with ph.
Cf. also Maillot 2013: no. 46.
Online Resources PHI: I. Cos EF 200
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Boundary stone, horos (cf. ὅροι, line 1). Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) White marble plaque.
ii. Source(s) provenance Uncertain location in the city of Kos.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The point of reference of the boundary stone (ὅροι, line 1--perhaps suggesting that we have here one of a series) is to private burial plots for the group: thekaia (θηκαίων, line 1).

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Aulos Gabinios Gabinias Phileros (σὺν Αὔλωι Γαβινίωι Γαβινίας Φιλέρωτι, lines 3-6)
This individual, mentioned in the name of the association, is either its founder or its leader. The name Aulus Gabinius Phileros is unique, but is that of freedman: Phileros is a common name for slaves and is retained here as a cognomen. Gabinia in the genitive indicates the name of his master as a freedman (cf. also IG). Gabinia was presumably a woman whose father was Aulus Gabinius. The Gabinii were a famous family, perhaps the most illustrious member of which was the Aulus Gabinius who supported Pompey and gave his name to the Lex Gabinia against piracy in 67 BC. A connection of our Phileros with this family is quite possible, but remains to be demonstrated.
Gender Male
ii. Leadership See above.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship See above IV.ii.
Deities worshipped Hekate.

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad See above VII.i.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography S. Maillot (2013), 'Les associations à Cos', in P. Hamon and P. Fröhlich (eds.), Groupes et associations dans les cités grecques, Geneva: 199-226.

M. Segre (2007), Iscrizioni di Cos, Epigrafi funerarie, Rome.


C. Tsouli, Ταφικὰ και επιτάφια μνημεία της Κω, diss. Athens 2013.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note Little is known about this association and its context. But simply on the basis of its name and by comparison with other highly similar boundary stones of the burial plots of associations near the city of Kos (more than 50 in number, cf. e.g. CAPI no. 1826), we can be confident that it constituted a private association.