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Last Updated on 01 Jul 2019

Author: Aitor Blanco Perez

CAPInv. 380: hoi <m>ystai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Pisidia
iii. Site Pednelissos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ <μ>ύσται (SEG 2: 732, l. 5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi <m>ystai

III. DATE

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

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:mystai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 2: 732 (ii (?) BC - iii (?) AD)
Online Resources SEG 2: 732
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Building dedication. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) 1.25x0.37
ii. Source(s) provenance In the pavement of the Byzantine church

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects A building of an unknown nature was prepared for Zeus Kosgis and these mystai (ll. 3-4): ἐκ θεμελ[ίων] κατασκευάσας, ek themel[ion] kataskeuasas.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Despite the fragmentary state of the inscription, the connection between these mystai and Zeus seems certain.
Deities worshipped Zeus Kosgis

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Comparetti, D. (1916-20), ‘Iscrizione di Pednelissos (Pisidia)’, ASAA 3: 143-8.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The single surviving attestation of this group does not provide any precise detail about their nature, members or continuity. Hence its evaluation as a private association can only be possible.