Honorific decree for Drakon, son of Drakon, of Kos.  Stele of bluish marble, broken at the bottom, damaged on both sides.
[ ] Aeg. Islands — Samos Isl. — Heraion — 306-301 BC — MDAI(A) 44 (1919) 6, 5 H — SEG 1.354 — MDAI(A) 72 (1957) 186, 21
See also:
1 [ἔδ]οξεν τῆι βουλῆι καὶ τῶι δή[μωι],
[Θεοδ]έ̣κτης Ὑβλησίου εἶπεν· ἐ̣[πειδὴ]
[Δράκω]ν̣ Στράτωνος Κῶιο[ς ἔν τε]
[τοῖς πρ]ό̣τερον χρόνοις [εὔνους]
5 [καὶ πρόθ]υ̣μος ὢν διετέλ[ει περὶ τὸν]
[δῆμον τὸ]ν Σαμίων καὶ κο[ινῆι καὶ ἰ]-
[δίαι τοῖς ἐ]ντυνχάνουσ[ι τῶμ πολι]-
[τῶν χρήσι]μος ὤν, καὶ κατ[εληλυθό]-
[των ἡμῶν] εἰς τὴμ πόλιν δ[ιατρίβων]
10 [παρὰ τῶι β]ασιλεῖ Ἀντιγόν[ωι πᾶσαν]
[σπουδὴν]ποιεῖτο τοῦ δή[μου καὶ]
[τῶν πρέσ]βεων τῶν ἀφικνο[υμένων]
[παρὰ τῆς] πόλεως ἐπεμελ[ήθη, δεδόχ]-
[θαι τῆι β]ουλῆι καὶ τῶι δήμ[ωι· ἐπαινέ]-
15 [σαι μὲν Δ]ράκοντα ἀρετῆς ἕ[νεκε καὶ]
[εὐνοίας] ἣ̣ν ἔχων διατελεῖ π[ερὶ τὸν]
[δῆμον τὸ]ν Σαμίων, καὶ εἶναι αὐ[τὸν]
[πρόξενον κ]αὶ εὐεργέτην τοῦ [δήμου],
[δεδόσθαι δὲ] αὐτῶι καὶ πολιτε[ίαν ἐ]-
20 [φ’ ἵσηι καὶ ὁμ]οίαι καὶ ἐπικληρῶσαι α[ὐ]-
[τὸν ἐπὶ φυλὴ]ν καὶ χιλιαστὺν καὶ ἑκ[α]-
[τοστὺν καὶ γέ]νος καὶ ἀναγράψαι κα[θ]-
[ότι καὶ τοὺς ἄλλου]ς̣ Σαμίους, ταῦ-
[τα δ’ εἶναι καὶ αὐτῶ]ι καὶ ἐκ̣[γ]όνοις, εἶνα[ι]
25 [δὲ αὐτῶι καὶ ἔφοδο]ν ἐπὶ τὴμ β[ου]λὴν
[καὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐάν] του δέητα[ι, πρώ]τω[ι]
[μετὰ τὰ ἱερὰ καὶ τὰ βασιλικὰ — — — — —]
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