IG 2[3] 1 1141Inscriptiones Graecae. Vol. II et III. Inscriptiones Atticae Euclidis anno posteriores. Editio tertia. Pars I. Fasciculus II (nos. 292-572, S.D. Lambert). Fasciculus IV (nos. 844-1134, M.G. Osborne - S.G. Byrne). Fasciculus V (nos. 1135-1461, N.V. Bardani, S.V. Tracy). Berlin 2012-2015
Inv. number
ΕΜ 7496
PHI
Images
Aleshire, Imaging Inscriptions, OSU Squeeze Collection [>] , UBC Epigraphic Squeezes, ASCSA Net
Description
Date
slightly after 229/8 BCE
Period: 3rd century BCE --> second half --> after 229 BCE, liberation from Macedonian control
Reasons: historical context, paleography
Text category
honorific decree (proxeny), honorific decree (enktesis), honorific decree (praise - crown)
See notesThe honourand Apollas was most probably a metic; he had contributed to the fund "for freedom" in 229 (Habicht 1982 81-2Habicht Ch., «Studien zur Geschichte Athens in hellenistischer Zeit», Göttingen 1982) and, subsequently, to the reinforcement works in Zea harbour; cf. reference to σωτερία on l. 2.
Monument description
Monument type: stele
Material: white marble
Letters Height Mt: 0.006-0.007
IG 2[3] 1 1176Inscriptiones Graecae. Vol. II et III. Inscriptiones Atticae Euclidis anno posteriores. Editio tertia. Pars I. Fasciculus II (nos. 292-572, S.D. Lambert). Fasciculus IV (nos. 844-1134, M.G. Osborne - S.G. Byrne). Fasciculus V (nos. 1135-1461, N.V. Bardani, S.V. Tracy). Berlin 2012-2015, see Tracy 1990 Tracy S.V., «Attic Letter-Cutters of 229 to 86 B.C.», Berkeley - Los Angeles - Oxford 1990
Physical features
Measurements: h: 0.42 * w: 0.362 * t: 0.115
State of conservation: The stele is broken both at the top and the bottom; the original right and left sides are roughly preserved; the stone is, overall, rather damaged.
Legibility: The inscribed surface is rather damaged, especially all around the edges.
Findspot
✓unknown
Circumstances: museum / collection
Koehler, IG 2 380Inscriptiones Graecae II: Inscriptiones Atticae aetatis quae est inter Euclidis annum et Augusti tempora. (Voll. I-IV, Berlin 1877-1893). Ed. U. Koehler
Koehler: «Excripsi in Museum Societatis Archaeologicae».
Original location
Rather likely, this stele may have been originally set up in proximity of IG 2[3] 1 1140Inscriptiones Graecae. Vol. II et III. Inscriptiones Atticae Euclidis anno posteriores. Editio tertia. Pars I. Fasciculus II (nos. 292-572, S.D. Lambert). Fasciculus IV (nos. 844-1134, M.G. Osborne - S.G. Byrne). Fasciculus V (nos. 1135-1461, N.V. Bardani, S.V. Tracy). Berlin 2012-2015, whose general contents and historical circumstances were essentially the same.
Zea harbour
Publication provisions and other related clauses
Publication clause
(ll. 27-32): [ἀναγράψαι δὲ τόδ]ε τὸ ψήφισμα τὸγ γραμματέα [τὸν κατὰ πρυτανεία]ν ἐν στή[λ]ηι λιθίνηι καὶ̣ στῆσα̣[ι ἐν ἀκροπόλει· τὸ] δ’ ἀνάλω[μα τ]ὸ γενόμ[ε]νον ε[ἰς τὴν ἀναγραφὴν τῆς σ]τή[λης μ]ερίσαι τὸν τα[μίαν τῶν στρατιωτικῶν]. vacat
Location
ἐν ἀκροπόλει
Hortatory Intention
(ll. 15-8): [ἵνα οὖν] [καὶ] ὁ δῆμος τοῖς εὐεργετεῖν ἑαυτὸν̣ [βουλομένοι]ς τὰ δυνατὰ φαίνηται τῶν ἀξί[ων ἀποδιδ]ούς, κτλ.
Responsible Officials
Secretary of the Council (kata prytaneian), Tamias of Stratiotic Fund