Honours for grain purchasers (sitonai)
IG II3 1 908 Date: 271/0 BC
In the archonship of Pytharatos (271/0), in the ninth
prytany, of LeontisVI, for which Isegoros son of Isokrates
of KephaleVII was secretary. On the fourth intercalated (tetartei embolimōi) ninth of
Elaphebolion, the twenty-seventh
(5) of the prytany. Assembly.
Of the presiding committee Peithias son of Theophilos of Athmonon was putting to the vote and his fellow presiding committee members. The Council and People
decided. Euboulos son of Charidemos of Melite proposed: since the . . . grain purchasers (sitōnai) of
(10) the archonship of Lysitheides (272/1) showed their love of honour (philotimoumenoi) to . . . . . . . . . and the
interests of the Athenian People . . . (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (20) . . . . . . . . . . . . the
Council and People . . . (25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (30) . . . . . . . . . . . . , for good fortune, the Council shall decide:
that the presiding committee (proedrous) allotted to preside
(35) in the People at the coming Assembly shall put
the matter on the agenda and submit the opinion
of the Council to the People, that it seems good to the Council
to praise the grain purchasers (sitōnas) who served
in the archonship of Lysitheides (272/1), and to crown
(40) each of them with a gold crown according to the
law for their love of honour (philotimias) for the People;
and they shall have front row seats at all the competitions
that the city puts on, and the director of works (architektona) in office at the time shall arrange the seating
(45) for them; and to praise their secretary and
crown him with a foliage crown; and the prytany
secretary shall inscribe this decree
and the names of the grain purchasers (tōn sitōnōn) and their secretary on a
stone stele and stand it in
(50) the Agora; and [the treasurer] shall allocate
the expenditure accrued for making
the stele and the inscribing.