Honours for a prytany
IG II3 1 887 Date: 279/8 BC
In the archonship of Anaxikrates (279/8), in the ninth prytany,
of -, [for which -es son of Lysistratos of MarathonXI] was secretary.
On the [twelfth] of Elaphebolion, the [twenty-first] of the prytany. Assembly. Of the presiding committee -s son of Agatho-
(5) of - was putting to the vote and his fellow presiding committee members. The People
decided. - son of - of - proposed:
concerning what the prytany of Pandionis reports
about the sacrifices (tōn hierōn) which they made before the Assemblies to the gods
to whom it is traditional; and they sacrificed for the Council and
(10) People . . . Athenian . . . . . . and the . . . , for good fortune, the
People shall decide: the People shall accept the good things the prytany
declare occurred in the sacrifices which they made for the health
(15) and preservation of the the Council and the People; and to praise
the prytany of Pandionis, and to crown them
with a gold crown [for their excellence and love of honour (philotimias)];
and the secretary shall inscribe this decree on a stone
stele and stand it [in the prytanikon]; and for the making of
(20) the stele [the board of administrators (tous epi tēi dioikēsei) shall allocate the expenditure].
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Myrrhinous -mnestos son of L-
Philoxenos son of Ai-
Ameinokles son of -
(25) . . . . . . traces to l. 44, followed by 2 further columns of names, not preserved
In crown (45) The Council
the tribesmen (crown)
the secretary
Cha-
son of Me-
(50) . . .
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