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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 243: orgeones

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὀργεῶνες (IG II2 2501, ll. 2, 5, 7, 16, 19-20)
ii. Full name (transliterated) orgeones

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:orgeones

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 2501 (l. iv BC)
Note Ed. pr. An.Ép 1842, 477 no. 734 (ΑΡΜΑ 5, 342 no. 2319)
Other publications: Perrin 2014: no. 6.
Cf. SEG 43: 1221; SEG 50: 22; SEG 56: 27. BE 1938, no. 92; 1944, no. 67.
Online Resources IG II2 2501 and AGRW ID 23100
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Lease of a sanctuary for eternity (εἰς ἅπαντα χρόνον, eis hapanta chronon, ll. 3-4) to Diopeithes, son of Diopeithes of Sphettos for 50 fr. per year (ll. 4-6). Written in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble column broken on top.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the western part of Athens (house of Botsari), now lost.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects References to a sanctuary (ἱερόν, hieron, ll. 2, 4, 7-8, 16, 22), a precinct (τέμενος, temenos, ll. 4, 15, 19), a house (οἰκία, oikia, l. 11), a statue (ἄγαλμα, agalma, ll. 8, 22), covers (καλύμματα, kalymmata, l. 9), a slab (στήλη, stele l. 22), and to the association's registry or archive (κοινὸν γραμματεῖον, koinon grammateion, l. 21).

VII. ORGANIZATION

vii. Judicial system In case of violation of the lease, the lease will be invalid (ἄκυρ<ο>[ν αὐ]τοῖς εἶναι τ<ὴν>/ [μίσ]θωσιν, akyr<o>[n au]tois einai t<en> [mis]thosin, ll. 18-19) and the group will have the right to claim back the sanctuary (ll. 15-20).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association's property included a sanctuary (ἱερόν, hieron, ll. 2, 4, 7-8, 16, 22), a precinct (τέμενος, temenos, ll. 4, 15, 19), and a house (οἰκία, oikia, l. 11).
iii. Income The annual rent of the sanctuary was 50 dr. (ll. 4-6).

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship It is stipulated that the lessee will provide the orgeones, when they meet on sacred occasions ([ὅ]ταν ἱεροῖς ἀπαντ<ῶ>σιν, [ho]tan hierois apant<o>sin, l. 7), with the sanctuary open and the cult statue polished and uncovered.
Deities worshipped θεός, theos, Ὑποδέκτης, Hypodektes, l. 22. Wilhelm 1902: 132 suggests that Hypodektes may be associated with Amynos, Asklepios and Dexion. See also Kearns 1989: 75 and 202.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The association interacts with the local society through the lease, although we do not know whether the lessee was member of the group.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A6
iii. Bibliography Behrend, D. (1970), Attische Pachturkunden. Ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung der misthosis nach den griechischen Inschriften. München: 97 no. 40.
Ferguson, W. (1944), ‘The Attic orgeones’, HThR 37: 61-140 esp. 81-83.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C.. Paris: 95, 166.
Kearns, E. (1989), The heroes of Attica. London.
Robert, L. (1937), Etudes anatoliennes: Recherches sur les inscriptions grecques de l'Asie Mineure. Paris: 36.
Mikalson, J. (1998), Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Los Angeles: 147.
Papazarkadas, N. (2011), Sacred and public land in ancient Athens. Oxford: 191-7.
Pernin, I. (2014), Les baux ruraux en Grèce ancienne. Corpus épigraphique et étude. Lyon.
Wilhelm, A. (1902), ‘Inschrift aus dem Peiraieus’, JÖAI 5: 127-39. (= A. Wilhelm. Abhandlungen und Beiträge zur griechischen Inschriftenkunde in den JÖAI (1898-1948) 1, 159-71, Leipzig 1984)

XIII. EVALUATION

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