Kos: -230 To -200 Sacred law and record of a sale of the priesthood of Hermes Enagonios

region:
Karia
City:
Kos
Place of Publication:
http://nomisma.org/id/cos
Place of Conception:
http://nomisma.org/id/cos
reference in full:
IG XII.4 298
reference:
IG XII.4
Reference Number:
298
Bibliographic URL:
https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000193232
date:
Late 3rd BCE
date cert:
CERTAIN
date from:
-230
date to:
-200
description:
Sacred law and record of a sale of the priesthood of Hermes Enagonios
phi url:
https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/349868?bookid=879&location=1646
PHI ID:
349868
TM ID:
756374
Document Type:
Sacred regulation
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References to monetary behaviour (17)

PLACE OF TRANSACTION AUTHORITY ACTIVITY PURPOSE/FOCUS CONTEXT/FIELD OF ACTION LINES Monetary Material Commodity Coin Denomination/Unit of Monetary Measurement NOTES
http://nomisma.org/id/cos Individual Spending Priesthood Sale
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Priesthood Religious Silver Drachma (δραχμή) Regulations on the priest's sacrificial and ritual duties, as well as on how the payment for the priesthood is to be made (ll. 135-140).
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Tax-immunity Civic ll. 5-8 Immunity from military service and other liturgies.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Liturgy Civic ll. 5-8 Immunity from military service and other liturgies.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Sacrifices and games Religious ll. 8-82 Silver Drachma (δραχμή) Regulations on sacrificial duties throughout the year, including at contests to be held alongside these, and the values of sacrificial animals indicated in drachmas, ranging from 25 to 60 drachmas.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Sacrifices and games Religious ll. 8-82 Silver Argyrion (unspecified silver money) (ἀργύριον) Regulations on sacrificial duties throughout the year, including at contests to be held alongside these, and the values of sacrificial animals indicated in drachmas, ranging from 25 to 60 drachmas.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Dedication (athletic prizes) Gymnasium ll. 68-69 Silver Drachma (δραχμή) The victors are to receive prizes worth 30 silver drachmas.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Public income and funds Civic ll. 82-85 Dekate (δεκάτη) Mention of income for different public funds (for the astunomoi and agoranomoi) and taxes (the tithe) being declared sacred to Hermes.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Festival Gymnasium ll. 93-132 Regulations on the Hermaia festival and its sacrifices, including selecting priests from the neoi, and providing them 700 drachmas, a sacrificial bull of 300 drachmas, and wood-fire and a sacrificial pig of 60 drachmas.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Sacrifices and games Gymnasium ll. 93-132 Regulations on the Hermaia festival and its sacrifices, including selecting priests from the neoi, and providing them 700 drachmas, a sacrificial bull of 300 drachmas, and wood-fire and a sacrificial pig of 60 drachmas mention also of sacrificial animals of 250 and 50 drachmas.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Heating Gymnasium ll. 100-101 Wood Drachma (δραχμή) Provision of wood-fire for the gymnasium, alongside a sacrificial pig, of up to 60 drachmas.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos Individual Spending Festival Gymnasium ll. 106-109 Drachma (δραχμή) Members of the gymnasium may give 2 drachmas per day to the monthy officials for the preparation and procession of the Hermaia, if they wish.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Cult-statue Gymnasium ll. 131-135 The priest is to crown the cult-statues of the gods in the gymnasium, and also to crown the stoa of Hermes.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Crown Religious ll. 131-135
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Public income and funds Religious ll. 140-142 The income accruing to the priesthood is to be declared sacred to Hermes.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Loan Civic ll. 142-146 Regulation on how the income from the priesthood will be spent when the city is freed from its debts, implying that the income would be used to pay off these debts until that point.
http://nomisma.org/id/cos City Regulation Penalty Religious ll. 146-153 Drachma (δραχμή) Penalty of 3,000 drachmas for tamiai who do not provide the funds for the priest as outlined.