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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 330: thera[peutai]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θερα[πευταί] (IG II3 (4) (1) 660, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) thera[peutai]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:therapeutai: Usually the term denotes devotees of either Asklepios or of an Egyptian deity

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II3 (4) (1) 660 (i AD)
Note Ed. pr.: Hesperia 30 (1961): 273, no. 113
Other publications: Agora 18, C117; SEG 21: 776; SEG 39: 229. BE 1962: no. 107
Online Resources SEG 21: 776
IG II3 (4) (1) 660 English translation
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication to Asklepios and Hygeia, probably accompanied by a list of officials and members.
i.c. Physical format(s) Large cylindrical marble monument broken on all sides, 0.25x0.24m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found built in the wall of a modern house, W of the Panathenaic Way and SW of the Eleusinion in 1939, now in the Athenian Agora (I 5717).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials Life long priest (ἱερε[ὺς διὰ βίου?], hiere[us dia biou?], l. 2)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The surviving names of members and officials are male names.
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Citizen

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The deities to which the monument is dedicated are restored as [Ἀσκληπιῶι καὶ Ὑγιείαι], [Asklepioi kai Hygieiai], probably influenced by the perception of associating therapeutai with Asklepios.
Deities worshipped Asklepios and Hygieia (?)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The ed. pr. restored θερα[πευθέντες], thera[peuthentes], implying that this is a dedication by private individuals. The restoration thera[peutai?] was envisaged already in SEG 21: 776.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Although the restoration of the term is quite extensive, I think it probably denotes an association: its exact nature and characteristics remain debatable.