III 115. Chersonesos. Dedication of Pasiadas, 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Altar. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Additional description

Two non-joining blocks. Block (a) bears, on the front, three relief bucrania, joined by garlands. Between bucrania, there are two rosettes. The back is roughly picked. On the cornice, the egg and dart moulding is chipped off, but a bead and reel row is still visible. Below the garland, a well-cut two-line inscription. The second block (b) bears no text. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Fragment 1

Dimensions (cm)

H. 61.0, W. 132.0, Th. 15.0.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, foundation of the right collonnade of the Uvarov basilica (№ 23). 

Find circumstances

Found by D.V. Aynalov in 1890, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 19, л. 4, № 34). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4596. 

Fragment 2

Dimensions (cm)

H. 61.0, W. 79.0, Th. 22.0.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

In the area of Uvarov basilica (№ 23). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1851, excavations of lieutenant Shemyakin (Бертье-Делагард 1893, 19; Латышев 1895, 77, прим. 2; IOSPE I2 414, p. 377). 

Modern location

Odessa. 

Institution and inventory

Odessa Archaeological Museum, 50027. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Mu with slanting outer hastae; slightly curved hastae of some letters (alpha, delta, lambda, sigma); small serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Dedicatory inscription. 

Date

1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1892, 25, № 7; IOSPE IV 87; IOSPE I2 414. 

Edition

Πασιάδας Ἀρτεμιδ̣[ώρου ---]
βασιλεύων ἰερεὺς ἐ[ών ---]

Diplomatic

ΠΑΣΙΑΔΑΣ ΑΡΤΕΜΙ.[....---]
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΩΝΙΕΡΕΥΣΕ[..---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Πασιάδας 
      	     Ἀρτεμι<unclear>δ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ώρου</supplied> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      	<lb n="2"/>βασιλεύων ἰερεὺς ἐ<supplied reason="lost">ών</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Bertye-Delagard 1893, 19, табл. IV 2; Latyshev 1895, 11 и 77, № 7; Pichikyan 1976, 248 сл (= Pichikyan 1984, 198 сл.); Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976, № 533, 534. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Πασιάδας Ἀρτεμιδ[ώρου Παρθένωι (?)] | βασιλεύων ἱερεὺς ἐ[ών ἀνέθηκεν (?)] Виноградов apud Пичикян 1976, 255 Pichikyan 1976 ; ἐ[ών ---] IOSPE, IOSPE I2; ἐ[πεσκεύαξεν (?)] (corr. Латышев 1895, 11) Latyshev 1892

Translation

Pasiadas, (son of) Artemidoros, serving as king and priest [---].

 

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