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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 246: orgeones

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὀργεῶνες (SEG 24: 203, ll. 4, 23)
ii. Full name (transliterated) orgeones

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 333 / 332 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:orgeones

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 24: 203 (333/2 BC)
Note It is written stoichedon.
Ed. pr. Pragmateiai Akademias Athenon 13/2 (1948) 5-23.
Other publications: NChoix 27; Pleket 43; Schwenk 32 (SEG 35: 239); Pernin 2014: no. 5.
Cf. BE 1950, no. 72a.
Online Resources SEG 24: 203
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Lease of the garden of a hero-sanctuary to a certain Thrasyboulos, written in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele broken in five pieces, measuring 0,47x0,26m.
ii. Source(s) provenance It was found in a well in Euripidou str. in Athens, now in Epigraphical Museum, EM 13051.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects In the inscription a sanctuary (ἱερόν, hieron) is mentioned (l. 4), a stele (l. 24) on which the contract should be copied, doors (θυρώματα, thyromata), wood (ξύλα, xyla) and tiles (κέραμος, keramos) in ll. 19-21.

VII. ORGANIZATION

vii. Judicial system The association agrees to lease out the garden (κῆπος, kepos) for 30 years to Thrasyboulos of Alopeke for 20 dr. per year (ll. 1-9). The lease agreement contains clauses about the obligation of the lessee to keep the heroon clean (ll. 28-30), and his right to remove anything he is going to add to the structures in the garden, at the end of the lease, ll. 11-21.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association owns a garden (κῆπος, kepos) forming part of the sanctuary (ἱερόν, hieron), and the plot of land (χωρίον, chorion) (ll. 4-5, 25-29).
iii. Income The rent (20 dr/year) is one of the sources of income for the association, ll. 6-8.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Χάροψ Φαληρεύς, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (3).
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Citizen

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction We can observe the group interacting with the wider society by leasing out part of its landed property.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments A ἥρως, heros, is mentioned in l. 4 in connection with the orgeones; according to ed. pr. this is the Hero Doctor, since decrees about disposal of dedications were found nearby.
iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens.
Behrend, D. (1970), Attische Pachturkunden. Ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung der μίσθωσις nach den griechischen Inschriften. München: 96 no. 38.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C.. Paris: 165.
Pantazopoulos, N. (1948), ‘Orgeones. Parateresseis eis ta neotera epigraphika heuremata kai tas pegas katholou tou Attikou somateiakou dikaiou’, Polemon 3: 97-128. (= Anticharisma ston Nikolao I. Pantazopoulo. Thessalonike: A, 311-39, 1986)
Papazarkadas, N. (2011), Sacred and public land in ancient Athens. Oxford: 183-206.
Pernin, I. (2014), Les baux ruraux en Grèce ancienne. Corpus épigraphique et étude. Lyon.

XIII. EVALUATION

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