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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1216: therapeutai hoi meta Andreou tou Menestratou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Mysia
iii. Site Kyzikos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θεραπεῦται οἱ μετὰ Ἀνδρέου τοῦ Μενεστράτου (IMT 1542 l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) therapeutai hoi meta Andreou tou Menestratou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC - i (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:therapeutai: the term normally designates worshippers of Isis and Sarapis but it can also refer to devotees of other deities.
Personal:hoi meta Andreou tou Menestratou

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IMT 1542 (i BC/ i AD?)
Note Ed.pr.
Mordtmann 1879: 258-9

Drexler 1889: p. 50 b
RICIS 301/0401 (i BC)
SIRIS 318
AGRW II 109
Online Resources IMT Kyz Kapu Dağ 1542

AGRW 109 ID 535
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek to Sarapis and Isis by the therapeutai hoi meta Andreou tou Menestratou. The names of the therapeutai are inscribed in two columns, except line 1.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble slab.
H. 60 x W. 16 cm.
ii. Source(s) provenance Kyzikos (Mordmann 1879 does not provide any further information about the provenance of the stone). Now in the Kerstner Museum in Hannover (inv. no. 1871).

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) The formula hoi meta Andreou tou Menestratou suggests that Andreas son of Menestratos was the founder or leader of the therapeutai.
Gender Male
iii. Members θεραπευταί, therapeutai (l. 1)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number The names of fourteen therapeutai are recorded in the stele.
ii. Gender Men
Note All names recorded in the stele are male.
iv. Status All names are Greek, followed by the patronymic.
v. Relations Personal relations can hesitantly be discerned among the therapeutai.
Menophilos son of Theodotos (right column l. 5) is perhaps the brother of Theodotos son of Theodotos (right column l. 6)

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The dedication is addressed to Sarapis and Isis.
Deities worshipped Sarapis
Isis

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Kyzikos has yielded another inscription that bears witness to another group of worshippers that were led by an individual and made a dedication to Sarapis and Isis (CAP Inv. 1333).
iii. Bibliography Drexler, W. (1889), 'Der Isis- und Sarapis-Cultus in Kleinasien', NZ 21: 1-234.
Mordtmann, A. (1879), 'Monuments rélatifs au culte d'Isis à Cyzique', RA: 257-62.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The name is suggestive of a group of worshipers, who came together on the initiative of an individual. They, thus, set themselves aside from other groups of worshipers. However, it remains uncertain whether the therapeutai formed a formal and durable group or whether they formed an ad hoc group with the aim to making a dedication to Sarapis and Isis.