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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 1535: Dekadistai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

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

III. DATE

i. Date(s) e. iv - e. ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:dekadistai: probably those celebrating on the tenth of the month
Other:dekadistai: number 10; probably those celebrating on the tenth of the month

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 2701 (e. iv - e. ii BC)
Note Ed. pr. MDAI(A) 12 (1887) 88 no. 32.
Other publications: RIJG i 114 no. 50; Syll3 1196; Michel no. 1374; Finley 1951: no. 32.
Cf. SEG 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 inscription recording two sales with the right of redemption and a mortgage on the same properties.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble cippus measuring 0,48x0,37x0,09m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Seen built in a house's door at Spata.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A43
iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens.
Cohen, E. (1992), Athenian economy and society. A banking perspective. Princeton: 207-15.
Faraguna, M. (2012), ‘Diritto, economia, societa: riflessioni su eranos tra eta omerica e mondo ellenistico’, in B. Legras (ed.), Transferts culturels et droits dans le monde grec et hellenistique, Paris: 129-53.
Finley, M. (1951), Studies in land and credit in ancient Athens, 500-200 B.C. The Horos inscriptions. New Brunswick.
Harris, E. (2013), ‘Finley’s Studies in land and credit sixty years later’, Dike 16: 123-46.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C.. Paris: 281-4.
Millett, P. (1991), Lending and borrowing in ancient Athens. Cambridge.
Thomsen, Chr. (2015), ‘The eranistai of classical Athens’, GRBS 55: 154-75.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The distinct name of the group suggests that this is a private association.