AgoraXV 265 Honours for the prytany treasurer of Pandionis

Honours for the prytany treasurer of Pandionis

Agora XV 265 Date: second half of 1st century BC

. . . of Paiania . . . ^[1] . . . many times and . . . . . . admitted . . . . . . for good fortune, the Council shall decide to praise [the] (5)[treasurer of the prytaneis, Sar]ap[i]on of Paiania, and to crown him [with a foliage crown] and to permit the prytaneis [and those with perpetual dining rights (aeisitois)] to make a dedication of a painted image (eikonos) of him [on a gilt shield] in the Stoa of Attalos, bearing [this] inscription: "[The prytaneis] of Pandionis and those with perpetual dining rights in the archonship of D- (10)dedicated (this image of) their own treasurer," and [the secretary] of the prytany shall inscribe this [decree] on a stone stele [and]

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Agora XV 265 (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (Council)

Findspot: Agora (Ag. I 5990)

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[1] This is a prytany decree of the post-Sullan type, in which the Council permits the prytany and the aeisitoi ("those with perpetual dining rights," various magistrates and priests entitled ex officio to dine in the tholos every night) to make a dedication honouring their treasurer for successful completion of sacrifices on behalf of the community (see SEG 28.95 with notes). B. D. Merrit (Hesperia 17, 1948, 29–30) dated this inscription to 74/3–63/2 BC based on its "resemblance" to Agora XV 264, which was then dated to 80 BC but is probably Augustan. Known archons of the post-Sullan period whose names would fit the space in l. 9 include Diokles (57/6, 47/6, 45/4, ca. 39/8), Diodoros (53/2), and Demeas (17/6).

Added: 24 Sep 2023
Updated: 24 Sep 2023
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