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Last Updated on 14 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 463: ho hieros thiasos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Hierapolis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ ἱερὸς θίασος (SEG 33: 1135, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho hieros thiasos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:hieros
iii. Descriptive terms θίασος, thiasos
Note thiasos: SEG 33: 1135, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 33: 1135 (ii - iii AD)
Note SEG 33: 1135
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble base
ii. Source(s) provenance Hierapolis

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association (?) is mentioned together with the imperial family and the demos as the recipient of a dedication.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Ritti, T. (1983), ‘Epigrafi dedicatorie imperiali di Hierapolis di Frigia’, RAL 38: 171-82.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note It is unclear whether or not thiasos, a word hardly ever used in Phrygia, means association here (perhaps the imperial family has its thiasos like Dionysos has his?). If it does, one may assign to it a role in the imperial cult, as does Ritti 1983: 180. Such an association could be private or public; there is no way to decide.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain