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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 242: orgeones

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὀργεῶνες (IG II2 2499, ll. 2, 36, 39)
ii. Full name (transliterated) orgeones

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 306 / 305 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:orgeones

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 2499 (306/5 BC)
Note The inscription is written stoichedon.
Ed. pr. AJA (1899) 44.
Other publications: Prott - Ziehen II i 43; Syll3 1097; Michel no. 1356; LSCG 47; Pernin 2014: no. 7; Hellman, Choix, 43. (SEG 49.2401) (French trails.); Le Guen I no. 8. (SEG 42: 1803), GRA I 7, RIG 1356, Austin 1981 no. 130. (English transl.)
Cf. SEG 34: 1739; SEG 49: 2490; SEG 50: 22; SEG 54:1903; SEG 55: 1869.
BE 1989, no. 261; 2001, no. 28.
Online Resources IG II2 2499 and AGRW ID 3611
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Lease of the sanctuary and its buildings to Diognetos son of Arkesilos of Melite for ten years, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele with small imitation panel measuring 0,65x0,275-32. As it is noted in ed. pr. there is evidence that it may have been a palimpsest.
ii. Source(s) provenance It was found in a plot on a slope north of the Hill of the Nymphs in Athens, donated to ASCS in 1896.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The association leases out the sanctuary (ἱερόν, hieron, ll. 2, 5-7, 27, 41-42), houses (οἰκίαι, oikiai, ll. 6, 27) and the trees in the sanctuary. There is also reference to couches (κλίναι, klinai, l. 29), tables (τράπεζαι, trapezai, l. 29), a kitchen (ὀπτάνιον, optanion, l. 28), two couches for three (τρίκλινα, triklina, ll. 29-30) and a stele, l. 39.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Members are called ὀργεῶνες, orgeones, l. 25.
iv. Officials Treasurer (ταμιεύων, tamieuon, l. 19-20).
vii. Judicial system In case of breach of any clauses of the lease agreement, the lessee will lose any wood, tiles and doors brought in, ll. 30-37.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association possesses a sanctuary (ἱερόν, hieron, ll. 2, 5-7, 27, 41-42) with houses (οἰκίαι, oikiai, ll. 6, 27), a kitchen (ὀπτάνιον, optanion, l. 28), and trees.
iii. Income The annual rent is set to 200 dr. (l. 4), paid in two installments (ll. 18-24).

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Sacrifices (θυσίαι, thysiai, l. 25) are mentioned.
Deities worshipped ἥρως, Ἐγρέτης, heros, Egretes; see Kearns 1989: 157.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The association interacts with the wider society through leasing its property, although we do not know whether the lessee is associated with the group. Parker 1996: 110 argues that he may have been a member of the group.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The lease was concluded in the year of the archon Koroibos.
ii. Poland concordance Poland A1A
iii. Bibliography Behrend, D. (1970), Attische Pachturkunden. Ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung der misthosis nach den griechischen Inschriften. Muenchen: 96 no. 39.
Ferguson, W. (1944), ‘The Attic orgeones’, HThR 37: 61-140 esp. 79-81.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C.. Paris: 164-6.
Kearns, E. (1989), The heroes of Attica. London.
Mikalson, J. (1998), Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Los Angeles: 147.
Papazarkadas, N. (2011), Sacred and public land in ancient Athens. Oxford: 191-7.
Pernin, I. (2014), Les baux ruraux en Grèce ancienne. Corpus épigraphique et étude. Lyon.
Poland, F. (1909), Geschichte des griechischen Vereinswesens. Leipzig: 486.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The association displays all the hallmarks of a private association: distinct name, membership, organization, property and durability.