Equality of taxation for a man of Pergamon

IG II3 1 989 Date: 256/5 BC
 
Gods. In the archonship of Antimachos (256/5), in the tenth prytany, of HippothontisX, for which Chairigenes son of Chairigenes of MyrrhinousV was secretary. On the eleventh (5) of Mounichion, the twenty-first of the prytany. Principal Assembly. Of the presiding committee - son of - of Pallene was putting to the vote and his fellow presiding committee members. The Council and People decided. S- son of -enes of Probalinthos proposed: since -ias (10) continues to be of good will to the Athenian People, and now on the occasion of the public subscriptions (epidoseōn) has contributed to the People for the protection of the city - medimnoi of barley and 200 drachmas of silver;[1] and he declares that in the future he will be useful to the People (15) as far as he is able, for good fortune, the Council shall decide: that the presiding committee (proedrous) allotted to preside in the People, when the days set by law have passed, shall put the matter on the agenda at the next Assembly and submit the opinion of the Council (20) to the People, that it seems good to the Council to praise -ias son of Akrot-os of Pergamon for his good will towards the Council and Athenian People, and equality of taxation (isoteleian) shall be granted to him and his descendants, the right of ownership (enktēsin) of a house to the value of -; and the (25) [court presidents (thesmothetas)] shall submit for him the scrutiny (dokimasian) of the grant to the court [when they fill the courts]; and to inscribe this decree on a stone stele and stand it on the [acropolis]; and for the [setting up] the administrator (ton epi tēi dioikēsei) shall allocate the (30) expenditure accrued.