Honours for a Sidonian and others
IG II3 1 940 Date: Ca. 285–270 BC
. . . traces son of -neides and . . . of - and Kall- . . . -mos of Sidon, to praise and crown each
(5) of them with a gold crown according to the law for the good will
and love of honour (philotimias) that they have for the Athenian People; and they shall have . . . . . . and shall obtain other benefits from
the Council and People, whatever they may be deemed worthy of;
(10) and the prytany secretary shall inscribe
this decree on a stone stele [and stand it] [on the acropolis]; and for the inscription of the stele the
board of administrators (tous epi tei dioikēsei) shall allocate the expenditure
accrued.