Grave of Bacchylon Prepared by Devotees of the Hero Aineias (125/126 CE)

Thessalonike (Macedonia, Greece and Macedonia — Pleiades map), 125/126 CE
IG X 2.1 1366 = IThessN II.15 = AÉ (2006), no 1284 = BE (1987), no. 680 = SEG 56 (2006), no. 766 = AGRW ID# 24955
Copenhagen Inventory info: 758

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Slab with a relief depicting a man holding containers to weigh fish. The deceased was likely a fisherman and the group may be an association of fishermen. The museum curators suggest that this may also be a group founded by immigrants from Aineia on the coast of Macedonia (modern Nea Michaniona).

Year 157, which is also the year 273. The association (synētheia) of the hero Aineias consisting of those gathered around Publius Cosidius Celsus, the head of the gathering (archisynagōgos), set this up as a memorial for Bacchylon son of Theodes when Tiberius Claudius Zosimos was secretary (grammateus) and Herennius Olympos was assistant-secretary (hypogrammateus).

Translation by: Harland

Item added: November 30, 2018
Item modified: September 7, 2020
ID number: 24955
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Category: 1) Greece and Macedonia, Aineia / Aeneas (hero), c) Ethnic / immigrant association, d) Macedonia, f) 2nd century CE, f) Occupational guild (excluding those below), Funerary text, Hero or heroine, i) Images of monuments or buildings, Relief

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