AIUK2 no. 2 Honours for officials, 303/2 BC

Honours for officials, 303/2 BC

AIUK 2 (BSA) no. 2 Date: 304/3 BC

. . . ^[1] of the - in the archonship of Pherekles (304/3) and crown each of them with a gold crown according to the law, since having fulfilled their office justly, they have rendered (5) their accounts according to the law:^[1] Archias son of Eubios of Potamos^I; Lysikrates son of Lysistratos of Melite^II; Mnesimachos son of Telekles of Euonymon^III; Brachyllos son of Brachyllos of Erchia^IV; Antiochos son of Pithon of Probalinthos^V; Pantenor (10) son of Phyleus of Skambonidai^VI; Kallippides son of Dionysios of Thorikos^VII; Polliades son of - of Lousia^VIII; Telesarchos son of Teleson of Halai^IX; Hippokrates son of Philokrates of Oion^X; Onesandros son of Phanostratos (15) of Semachidai^XII; for their justice and love of honour towards the Council and People of the Athenians; and the officer in charge of the administration shall give them for a sacrifice and dedication 100 drachmas, so that other officials (20) may also show love of honour, knowing that they will be honoured by the Council and People; and the prytany secretary shall inscribe this decree on a stone stele and stand it on the (25) acropolis; and for the inscribing of the stele the treasurer of the People shall give 40 (?) drachmas from the People’s fund for expenditure on decrees.

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AIUK 2 (BSA) no. 2 (Translated text) (AIUK) (AIO)

IG II² 488 (PHI)

SEG 50.143

Lambert, BSA Inscriptions E6

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

AIO Images: 1 2

Images: Krateros - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree

Findspot: In ruins of a Byzantine chapel on the left of the road from Athens to Marathon (BSA E6)

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[1] In 307 BC Demetrios of Phaleron (on whom see IG II² 450) was ousted and “democracy” was restored under the aegis of Antigonos and his son Demetrios Poliorketes (Diod. 20.45.5, 46.3; Plut. Demetr. 10.2). Two new tribes were created and named Antigonos and Demetrias. Reacting, it seems, to the dearth of inscribed decrees under the previous regime, the Athenians revived their traditional epigraphical habit along with their “ancestral constitution”, and more inscribed decrees are extant from 307/6-301/0 BC than from any comparable length of time in Athenian history. This is one of them, honouring an unidentifiable board of Athenian officials who had held office in 304/3 BC. [2] The restored democracy of 307/6 carried out a revision of the laws, which we are informed about in a decree of 304/3 honouring Euchares of Konthyle for his work in writing them up (anagraphe), IG II² 487. It is unlikely to be coincidental that the double emphasis on adherence to the law in our decree (ll. 3 and 5) relates to officials who were in office in the same year; and we may probably assume that laws regulating the award of gold crowns and specifying that officials should be crowned only after rendering of accounts were among those written up by Euchares. See further the note to AIUK 2 (BSA) no. 2.

Added: 30 Apr 2018
Updated: 26 Dec 2020
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