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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 1905: ⟦thia⟧sos hierodoulon Isidos ton syn [Eu]charistoi

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θιάσου... ἱεροδούλων Ἴσιδο[ς] τῶν σὺν [Εὐ]χαρίστ̣ῳ (IG XII.4 2813, lines 1-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ⟦thia⟧sos hierodoulon Isidos ton syn [Eu]charistoi

III. DATE

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

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:thiasos (⟦θιά⟧σου, lines 1-2)
hierodouloi (ἱεροδούλων, lines 3-4)
Personal:Eucharystos (σὺν [Εὐ]χαρίστ̣ῳ, lines 5-6)
Theophoric:Isis (Ἴσιδο[ς], line 4)
iii. Descriptive terms thiasos (⟦θιά⟧σου, lines 1-2)
Note The term refers both specifically to a cultic group and, more widely, to a collectivity.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII.4 2813.
Note Segre, I. Cos EF 470; SEG 57.787; RICIS Suppl. II 204/1012.

Cf. also Maillot 2013: no. 54.
Online Resources PHI: EF 470PHI: EF 470^.
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Boundary stone, horos (cf. ὅρος, line 1). Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Gray stone block, apparently an architectural member. Anathyrosis at the back seems to be due to reuse.
ii. Source(s) provenance Platani-Kermetes neighbourhood, south-west of city of Kos (general area of the necropolis).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The point of reference of the boundary stone (ὅρος, line 1) is to private burial plots for the group: thekaia (θηκαίων, lines 2-3). Lines 7-8 describe the facing length of the burial plot (erased, 10 [Doric] feet), and its depth (10 [Doric] feet), i.e. probably an area of ca. 10.7 squ. m.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Eucharystos (σὺν [Εὐ]χαρίστ̣ῳ, lines 5-6)
This individual, mentioned in the name of the association, is either its founder or its leader.
Gender Male
ii. Leadership See above.
iii. Members hierodouloi (ἱεροδούλων, lines 3-4)
For sacred slaves of Isis, responsible for daily ritual ablutions in the cult, see RICIS Suppl. II 204/1012.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status Slaves. See above VII.iii.

X. ACTIVITIES

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

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad Unclear.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography L. Bricault and R. Veymiers (2011) 'Supplément no.2 au RICIS', in id. (eds.), Bibliotheca Isiaca II, Bordeaux: 273-307.

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.

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.