i. | Geographical area | Attica with Salamis |
ii. | Region | Attica |
iii. | Site | Area of Panathenaikon Stadion |
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CAPInv. 2127: to koinon (ton orgeonon)
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I. LOCATION
II. NAME
i. | Full name (original language) | τὸ κοινὸν (τῶν ὀργεώνων) |
ii. | Full name (transliterated) | to koinon (ton orgeonon) |
III. DATE
i. | Date(s) | 325 - 300 BC |
IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY
i. | Name in other forms | οἱ ὀργεῶνες (hoi orgeones) | ||
ii. | Name elements |
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V. SOURCES
i. | Source(s) | Hόρος 26-31 (2014-2019) 78 |
Note |
Elena Vlachoyanni, A. P. Matthaiou "Psephisma orgeonon ex Athenon" Hόρος 26-31 (2014-2019) 77-94 Mention: AD 1975, Chr. B2, 377. Reference: BE 2020, no. 133. |
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i.a. | Source type(s) | Epigraphic source(s) |
i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | Fragmentary honorary decree in Greek |
i.c. | Physical format(s) | White marble stele with a pediment and a relief below the pediment, surviving H 0,555m, W 0,485m, B 0,12m |
ii. | Source(s) provenance | Now in the National Archaeological Museum no. 6587 |
VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE
i. | Archaeological remains | The stele was found in 1955 during rescue excavation for the building of a house in the area behind the Panathenaikon Stadion. |
ii. | References to buildings/objects | The inscription mentions the sanctuary of Zeus, ll. 6-7: τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Διὸς (to hieron tou Dios). We cannot know whether the sanctuary belonged to the group or it was used by it |
VII. ORGANIZATION
iii. | Members | There is only mention of the mover of the decree, Θεοτέλης Πυθαράτου Ὀάθεν (Theoteles Pytharatou Oathen) presumably a member of the group. |
iv. | Officials | The honorand Theokomos has been elected a secretary (γραμματεύς, grammateus) |
Known practice of appointment | The participle αἱρεθεὶς means that he was elected by the association's membership |
IX. MEMBERSHIP
i. | Number |
Θεόκωμος (Theokomos) Θεοτέλης Πυθαράτου Ὄάθεν (Theoteles Pytharatou Oathen) |
ii. | Gender | Men |
iii. | Age | Adults |
iv. | Status | Theoteles Pytharatou Oathen is an Athenian citizen. Theokomos, for whom no patronymic or demotic or ethnic survives, we cannot assess his status. |
X. ACTIVITIES
i. | Assemblies | Passing a honorary decree required an assembly to approve it. We do not know how often an assembly was convened. |
iii. | Worship | The name ὀργεῶνες (orgeones) denotes a cult group |
Deities worshipped | If the relief is an indicator, then one of the following three or all the three, Zeus Meilichios, Kybele/Meter, Artemis/Kore |
XI. INTERACTION
i. | Local interaction | It is possible to identify the honorand bearing the rare personal name Theokomos, with a Theokomos attested in an unpublished decree from a koinon thiasoton of Herakles Pankrates, mentioned by S. Tracy, Athens and Macedon, p. 51 and Athenian democracy in Transition, p. 51. If this is right, then it is only the second case on an individual member of a cult association participating in a second one. |
XIII. EVALUATION
i. | Private association | Certain |
Note | The use of the term κοινὸν (koinon) is a safe indicator of the corporate character of the group. |