Decree honouring a public slave
Oliver, Honours for a Public Slave, 119-121 Date: 302/1 BCFragment a
In the archonship of Nikokles (302/1), in the tenth
prytany, of LeontisVI, for which Nikon son of Theodoros
of Plotheia was secretary; on the twenty-eighth (tritēi met' eikadas) of Mounichion, the twenty-second
(5) of the prytany. Assembly. Of the presiding committee
Sosistratos son of Antiphanes of [Kettos?] was putting to the vote, and his fellow presiding committee members: Lysistratos
of -, Philophron of Atene, Hegemon of Anagyrous, Niko-
of Halai, Phrourides of Oa, Boethos of Thorikos,
(10) -os of Athmonon, Antikles of Eleusis, Theodoros
of Oinoe, Philinos of Aigilia. The People
decided. -ides son of Chariton of Myrrhinous[1] proposed:
about what Antiphates the public slave (dēmosios)[2] is deemed
to have made a lawful supplication (ennoma hiketeuein), since Epikrates
(15) both previously was sent to join camp (sumpemphtheis epi stratopedou) to serve (hupēretēsōn) the general L[eosthenes?][3] and those of the citizens on campaign
and remained the whole time
. . . after the . . . . . .
Fragment b
. . . . . . and . . . . . . the Athenian People . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . shall decide . . . . . . to [Epik]rates the public slave (Epikratēi tōi dēmosiōi) . . . (10) . . . granted previously . . . . . . serving (hupēretounti) [each?] (kath' hekaston?) . . . . . .