SEG 44.60 Decree of a thiasos of Bendis on Salamis (harbour) (244/3 BC)

Decree of a thiasos of Bendis on Salamis (harbour) (244/3 BC)

SEG 44.60 Date: 244/3 BC

Gods. In the archonship of Lysiades (244/3)^[1] on the second of Skirophorion, at the principal assembly. Batrachos proposed:^[2] since the managers (epimelētai) and the secretary have managed the sacrifices to the gods, according to what is traditional, and all (5) the other matters which the laws require of them, for good fortune the thiasotai shall decide to praise them and crown each of them with a foliage crown for their excellence (aretēs) and justice (dikaiosunēs); and the treasurer shall assign for the crown 15 drachmas,^[3] and on receiving the money [they shall dedicate in the sanctuary of Bendis].

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References:

SEG 44.60 (Translated text) (PHI)

SEG 53.158 (ll. 3-4, 8)

SEG 59.154

Kloppenborg and Ascough, Greco-Roman Associations, I p. 119

Guicharrousse, Athènes en partage no. 15

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Robert Parker

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (Thiasos of Bendis)

Findspot: Salamis (Kamatero peninsular, harbour area) (Salamis Museum ΜΠ 6657)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] On the chronology proposed by M.J. Osborne, ZPE 171 (2009), 83–99. This is one of two extant decrees issued by the thiasos of Bendis apparently based in the harbour area below the acropolis of Salamis; see SEG 59.151 and for the other one, SEG 59.155. [2] See the notes on Batrachos’ other proposal, SEG 59.155. [3] Foliage crowns cost nothing and no money is usually provided for them in honorific decrees. The 15 drachmas must be understood in practice as covering other expenses of the dedication, probably including this inscription (cf. IG II² 1317b).

Added: 12 Jul 2017
Updated: 27 Mar 2024
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