Honours for a prytany
IG II3 1 971 Date: 286–262 BC
. . . . . . for the health and preservation
of the Council and the Athenian People and
[all its friends]; and since the prytany made
all the sacrifices which were set for their prytany
(5) [well and with love of honour (philotimōs)], and have managed
all other matters as the People decided with good order (eukosmōs) and . . . that the laws and decrees of
the People prescribed for them; and to praise the
prytany of - and to crown them
(10) with a gold crown according to the law for their piety
to the gods and love of honour (philotimias) for
the Council and People; and the prytany secretary
shall inscribe this decree on a stone
stele and stand it in the prytanikon; and for the
(15) inscription of the stele the board of administrators (tous epi tei dioikēsei) shall allocate
the expenditure accrued.
. . .