Honorary decree and funerary epigram for Pankrates
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source date: Late second to early third century CE
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Ἔδοξεν τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ γνώμη στρατηγῶν καὶ γραμματέωϲ Ἡφαιστίωνος Ἑρμογένου ἐπὶ Πανκράτης Ἀδράστου προγόνων καλῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ ἐπανγελίαϲ πεποημένων καὶ ἀνατεθικότων τῷ δήμῳ, καὶ αὐτὸϲ ζῶν ἐν ἀρετῇ καὶ καλοκαγαθίᾳ διατελῶν τὸν βίον καλίστῃ ἀγωγῇ καὶ εὐταξίᾳ, αἱρεθὶϲ δὲ καὶ στρατηγὸς πόλεως διετέλεσε δικαίως · δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ ἐπῃνῆσθαι Πανκράτην καὶ τειμῆσθαι ἀνατεθῆναι δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἰκόνα ἐν ὅπλῳ ἐπιχρύσῳ Ταβηνῶν τὸ αὐτό[^1]

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τὸν κάμψαντα βίου σεμνῶς καμπτῆρα μέγιστον οὔνομα Πανκρατίδην κατέχει ὅδε τύμβος, ὁδῖτα, ὃς διϲϲοὺϲ ἔλιπεν κούρους καλήν τε θύγατρα καὶ ταύτης πάλι τέκν᾿ ἐσιδὼν καὶ ἔγγονα τούτων· ἀρχαῖς καὶ βουλαῖς τιμώμενος ἐν πολιήταις ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν πλήσας δεκάδας δοίους τ᾿ ἐνιαυτούς παῦσεν ἀπένθητον καὶ ἀλύπητον βίον ἐσθλόν· χαιρέτω, ἀθάνατον μνήμην θνητοῖϲ ἀπολιπών.

[Resolved by the council and the people]. The proposal was made by the generals and Hephaistion, son of Hermogenes, secretary (or: by the general and secretary Hephaistion). Whereas Pankrates, son of Adrastos, descendant of good and virtuous ancestors, who promised benefactions and made dedications/donations to the demos, a man who himself lives in virtue and goodness continually conducting his life (?) with the fairest education and discipline; when he was also elected to the office of the general of the city, he fulfilled the duties of the office in a just manner; may it be resolved by the council and the demos to praise Pankrates and honor him; and may his (painted) image in a gilded shield be dedicated. The same (honors were decreed) by the citizens of Tabai. Wanderer, this tomb holds Pankratides, the man who passed the greatest turning point of life in an honorable manner. He left two sons and a fair daughter; and from his daughter he saw children and the children’s children. Honored among his fellow citizens because of his magistracies and his advice, and having fulfilled seven decades of years and another two, he reached the end of a gentle life without mourning and sorrow. Farewell to him, who has left undying memory among the mortals.

[...] I 14.01

[...] , whence [...] 66.1153;