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Geographical area |
Attica with Salamis
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Region |
Attica
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| iii. |
Site |
Spata (modern toponym) in Mesogaia
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| i. |
Full name (original language) |
δεκαδισταί (IG II2 2701, l. 8)
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Full name (transliterated) |
dekadistai
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Date(s)
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m. iv - m. iii BC
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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 |
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| i. |
Source(s) |
IG II2 2701 (m. iv - m. iii BC)
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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.
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Online Resources |
IG II2 2701
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| i.a. |
Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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| 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.
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| i.c. |
Physical format(s) |
Marble cippus
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Source(s) provenance |
Found built in a house in modern Spata in Mesogaia.
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| 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.
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Poland concordance |
Poland A43
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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)
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Private association |
Possible
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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.
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