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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1621: my[stai]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Ephesos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) μύ[σται] (I.Eph(esos) 1978, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) my[stai]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 1 - 300 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:mystai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 1978 (1 - 300 AD)
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 1978
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Unclear, Greek
ii. Source(s) provenance Fragment from the byzantine wall near the temple of Apollo

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Nothing survives apart from the (likely) designation mystai.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The status of mystai-groups is not quite clear; most of probably served both the private interests of their members and the needs of civic religion.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain