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Author: Annelies Cazemier

CAPInv. 867: koinon thi[asiton Damyi]don

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Tenos
iii. Site Tenos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) κοινὸν θι[ασιτῶν Δαμυι]δῶν (IG XII.5 872, ll. 24-25)
ii. Full name (transliterated) koinon thi[asiton Damyi]don

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iv (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms Δαμυίδαι ? (IG XII.5 872, l. 28: presumably the same group as the koinon; hence the restoration [Δαμυι]δῶν in ll. 24-5; see XII.i: 'Comments') -- shorter, without koinon
ii. Name elements
Cultic:thiasitai ? (restored)
Personal:Damyidai ? -- It is possible that the name refers to an ancestor or founder (cf. Dareste et al. 1898-1904, vol. 1: 94); older eds. read Damyiadai (see XII.i: 'Comments').
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: IG XII.5 872, ll. 24, 60 et passim

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII.5 872 (= section XI) (l. iv BC: Étienne 1985; 1990: 43-7)
Note Older editions:
CIG II 2338
GIBM II 377
Dareste et al. 1898-1904, vol. 1: 63-106, no. 7 (incl. French translation)
Online Resources IG XII.5 872
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Register of contracts of sale (and of dowries). Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Large slab of white marble

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects ἡ οἰκία ἡ ἐν ἄστ[ει], he oikia he en ast[ei] (IG XII.5 872, ll. 24-25) -- this house in the city was ἐν [τόνω]ι δευτέρωι, en [tono]i deuteroi, i.e., in the city's second 'quarter'.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members θιασῖται, thiasitai ? (IG XII.5 872, l. 24, restored)

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The koinon together with three individuals (from the phyle of Thryesioi) bought a house which seems to have cost 1.287 drachmai and 4 obols (IG XII.5 872, l. 26, total sum reconstructed on the basis of the amounts mentioned in ll. 27-28; cf. Étienne 1990: 70). If the identification of the koinon with the Damyidai (l. 28) is correct, they covered 510 drachmai, while the Thryesioi covered 777 drachmai and 4 obols.
ii. Realty The koinon together with three individuals bought a house (oikia) in the city (en astei), in the second 'quarter' (en tonoi deuteroi); the names of the neighbours are mentioned, but the stone is damaged at this point (IG XII.5 872, ll. 25-26).

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The koinon bought a house together with three individuals from the phyle of Thryesioi (IG XII.5 872, ll. 25-26). The two sellers are from the phylai of Donakeis and Gyraieis (l. 25). The four prateres (guarantors) are from the phylai of Hiakintheis, Thryesioi, Gyraieis, and the city phyle (ll. 26-27).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Older eds. (following Newton in GIBM II 377) read Δαμυιαδῶν, Damyiadon, rather than Δαμυιδῶν, Damyidon (IG XII.5 872, l. 28) and restore the name of the koinon as κοινὸν θι[ασιτῶν Δαμυ]ιαδῶν, koinon thi[asiton Damy]iadon (ll. 24-25).

The house purchase in which the koinon is involved took place in the month Heraion (IG XII.5 872, l. 22).

There are similar attestations of associations elsewhere in the text: IG XII.5 872, l. 60 (CAPInv. 864), l. 76 (CAPInv. 865), ll. 114, 115, 116-117, 118 (CAPInv. 866).
ii. Poland concordance Poland B 209
iii. Bibliography Dareste, R. et al. (1898-1904), Recueil des inscriptions juridiques grecques: texte, traduction,
commentaire. 1 vol. Paris.
Étienne, R. (1985), ‘Le capital immobilier dans les Cyclades à l’époque hellénistique’, in P. Leveau (ed.), L'origine des richesses dépensées dans la ville antique, Aix-en-Provence: 55-67.
Étienne, R. (1990), Ténos. II: Ténos et les Cyclades du milieu du IVe siècle av. J.-C. au milieu du IIIe siècle ap. J.-C. Athens.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note While the use of the term koinon and the involvement of the group in the buying of property make it very likely that this is an organized body (with funds), the name of the group relies on restoration and it is difficult to say whether the koinon should be considered 'private'. Cf. Étienne 1990: 42, n. 21.