III 163. Tios. Honorific inscription set up by the polis of Tios, 2nd half of II - early III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Base 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 69.0, W. 69.0, Th. 24.0.

Additional description

Reused as a column base in the Basilica of 1935. The top of the base is cut off, the back is carved as a stepped-base for a column. The stone is fractured on the bottom left side. On the front: five-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Tios. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of the citadel, during the restoration works in the Basilica of 1935. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1956 by E.N. Zherebtsov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 36432. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Cursive epsilon and sigma; ligatures, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

5.0

Text

Category

Honorific inscription. 

Date

2nd half of II - early III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1959a, 163; НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 13. 

Edition

[---]
τ̣οῦ Παπίου τὸν ἀρ-
χιερέα καὶ φιλόπα-
τριν ἡ Τιανῶν πόλις
τὸν ἑαυτῆς πρόξε-
5νον τιμῆς χάριν

Diplomatic

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.ΟΥΠΑΠΙΟΥΤΟΝΑΡ
ΧΙΕΡΕΑΚΑΙΦΙΛΟΠΑ
ΤΡΙΝΗΤΙΑΝΩΝΠΟΛΙΣ
ΤΟΝΕΑΥΤΗΣΠΡΟΞΕ
5ΝΟΝΤΙΜΗΣΧΑΡΙΝ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/><unclear>τ</unclear>οῦ Παπίου  
            τὸν ἀρ
      	<lb n="2" break="no"/>χιερέα καὶ φιλόπα
     <lb n="3" break="no"/> τριν ἡ Τιανῶν πόλις
      	<lb n="4"/>τὸν ἑαυτῆς πρόξε
      	<lb n="5" break="no"/>νον τιμῆς χάριν
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   </div>
Commentaries

Nadel 1976, 201; Solomonik 1990, 42, № 32. 

 
Apparatus criticus

0: [ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ] Solomonik 1964
3: ΝΠ in ligatura

Translation

 

Images

 

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