Proxeny decree
IG II3 1 1276 Date: 188/7 BC
In the archonship of Symmachos (188/7), in the
tenth prytany, of - , for which Archikles
son of Theodoros of ThorikosVI was secretary.
On the penultimate day (deuterai met' eikadas) of Mounichion, the
(5) twenty-ninth of the prytany. Assembly
for the election of magistrates (archairesiai) in accordance with the oracle of the god.
Of the presiding committee - son of
Hephaistion of Erchia was putting to the vote, and his fellow presiding committee members.
The Council and the People decided. . . . (10) . . . proposed: since [Sos-] several lines missing . . . towards the People of the
Athenians; and he shall be a proxenos and benefactor
of the People, and it shall be permitted to Sos- also in the
time hereafter, when he shows good will towards the
(15) Athenians, to obtain whatever other benefit
he may be deemed worthy of; and the
prytany secretary shall inscribe this decree on a stone stele
and stand it on the acropolis; and for the inscribing
and setting up of the stele the treasurer of the military fund
(20) and the board of administrators (tous epi tei dioikēsei) shall allocate
the expense accrued.
traces of a crown