IGII31 387 Decree relating to Sestos

Decree relating to Sestos

IG II³ 1 387 Date: 352? BC

. . . . . . -oxen- . . . . . . Athen- . . . . . . the . . . (5) the secretary of the Council shall inscribe this decree on a stone stele and stand it on the acropolis within ten days; and the archon^[2] shall stand it in Sestos^[1] in the agora; and the Council shall take care of them so that they may now . . . and as (10) safely as possible; and to praise them for their manly virtue (andragathias) towards the Athenian People and invite them to dinner in the city hall (prutaneion) tomorrow.

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References:

IG II³ 1 387 (Translated text) (IG Online) (PHI)

IG II² 272 (PHI)

IG II² 274 (PHI)

SEG 45.59

Agora XVI 45d

IALD 125 no. 52, 191 n. 24

IALD II 40

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Images: Krateros - (1, 2)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (Council/People)

Original location: Acropolis

Fragment a - Findspot: Acropolis (EM 2633)
Fragment b - Findspot: Unknown (EM 7118)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] The decree appears to relate to the Athenian cleruchy in Sestos (Thrace), founded in 353/2 (Diod. 16.34.3-4, cf. IG II² 133). For a funerary monument in the British Museum of Sestians resident in Athens at this period see AIUK 4.6 no. 28. [2] Chief official of the cleruchy on Sestos.

Added: 10 Dec 2012
Updated: 3 Apr 2022
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