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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 111: orgeones

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Lemnos
iii. Site Moudros (Hephaistia)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὀργεῶνες (IG XII.8 21, ll. 5-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) orgeones

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:orgeones
iii. Descriptive terms ὀργεῶνες, orgeones

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII.8 21 (second half of the 4th c. BC)
Note Other editions:
Finley 1952: 149 no. 109; Cargill 1995: 189 no. 4; Salomon 1997: 173-4 no. 6; ASAA 84, 2006: 519 no. 5 (SEG 47.1326).
Online Resources IG XII.8 21
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Security horos in Greek. The orgeones were creditors in a transaction in which a chorion (tract of land) was secured for 400 drachmas.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele (H. 31 x W. 21 x Th. 7 cm)
ii. Source(s) provenance Moudros (Hephaistia)

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects χωρίον, chorion (tract of land) (l. 2)

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The orgeones lent 400 drachmas in return for the security of a chorion.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Fredrich (IG XII.8 21) identifies this group of orgeones with the orgeones of Herakles in Kome (CAPInv. 109) on the basis that this security horos comes from Moudros, located not far away from Kome (followed by Culasso Gastaldi 2006: 519). However, the identification of this group with the group of orgeones of Herakles seems uncertain in the absence of any further textual reference to the name of this group (Finley 1951: 277 n. 10).
ii. Poland concordance Poland B 150
iii. Bibliography Cargill, J. (1995), Athenian Settlements of the fourth century B.C. Leiden - New York - Köln.
Culasso Gastaldi. E. (2006), 'Lemnos: I cippi di garanza', ASAA 84: 519 no. 5.
Finley, M.I. (1952), Studies in Land and Credit in Ancient Athens. New Brunswick.
Salomon, N. (1997), Le cleruchie di Atene. Pisa.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The term orgeones is characteristic of a cultic private association.