AIUK43A no. 4 Law of a thiasos

Law of a thiasos

AIUK 4.3A (BM, Decrees of Other Bodies) no. 4 Date: ca. 325-275 BC

. . . . . . and [if] anyone . . . . . . the thiasos members . . . [and if] one of them dies, (5) either the son [or brother] or father or whoever is the closest relative in the thiasos [shall declare?] it, and both they (scil. the thiasos members) and all the friends shall attend the funeral procession; and if anyone is wronged, they and all the friends shall help him, so that everyone may know that we are (10) pious towards the gods and the friends; and may many good things befall those who do these things and their descendants and ancestors; and when the thiasos members have ratified this law, nothing shall have greater force than the law; and if anyone contravenes the law either in word or deed, (15) anyone of the thiasos members who wishes may make an accusation against him, and if he convicts him they shall penalise him in whatever way the association decides.^[1]

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References:

AIUK 4.3A (BM, Decrees of Other Bodies) no. 4 (Translated text) (AIO) (AIUK)

IG II² 1275 (PHI)

SEG 21.534 (PHI)

GIBM IV 946

Sokolowski, LSS 126

Kloppenborg and Ascough, Greco-Roman Associations, I no. 8

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

AIO Images: 1 2

Images: Krateros - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Law

Findspot: Piraeus (BM 1906,0409.2)

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[1] This inscription from the Piraeus was acquired by the British Museum from a London dealer in 1906. On the five extant decrees of the deme Piraeus, three of which are in the BM, see AIUK 4.3A, no. 1 with notes. After the fourth century BC the epigraphic record of the Attic demes and other citizen groups within the city thins out, while the epigraphic record of voluntary associations increases, especially in the urban environments of the city and the Piraeus. This is a fragment of an enactment of one such body, apparently the founding "law" of a "thiasos" (a general term for a cult association). It is especially notable for the provisions for thiasos members to attend the funeral procession of a deceased member (4-7). For two other decrees of voluntary associations in the BM's collection see AIUK 4.3A, no. 5 and AIUK 4.3A, no. 6. For more detailed discussion of this inscription see AIUK vol. 4.3A (BM, Decrees of Other Bodies), no. 4.

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Updated: 15 Dec 2020
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