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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 573: dekadistai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Spata (modern toponym) in Mesogaia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) δεκαδισταί (IG II2 2701, l. 8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) dekadistai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) m. iv - m. iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:dekadistai: Their denomination implies a celebration of the tenth day.
Other:dekadistai: number 10, as their denomination implies a celebration of the tenth day

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 2701 (m. iv - m. iii BC)
Note Ed. pr.: MDAI(A) 12 (1887): 88, no. 32
Other editions: Syll3 1196; Michel no. 1374; Finley 1951: no. 32

Cf. SEG 33: 176; 32: 226, 235; 43: 54; 46: 770-773.
Online Resources IG II2 2701
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek horos (l. 1) of land and house sold with a clause of redemption to the dekadistai, among others, for 130 drachmae.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble cippus
ii. Source(s) provenance Found built in a house in modern Spata in Mesogaia.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The group probably provided a loan of 130 dr. to the owner of the land and house and secured its claims on the money with a mortgage on the property.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A43
iii. Bibliography Finley, M. (1951), Studies in land and credit in ancient Athens. New Brunswick.
Parker, R. (1996), Athenian religion. A history. Oxford. (SEG 47: 26)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note It is clear that the dekadistai formed an association, although we cannot be sure that they were a private association, cf. Parker 1996: 335.