III 164. Chersonesos. Statue identification with honours for Demokrates, son of Aristogenes, last third of II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Base. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 101.0, W. 63.0, Th. 54.0.

Additional description

The top right corner is broken off. Five-line inscription cut following ruled lines; the epigraphic field is set off from the edges by 5cm margins. The inscription is cut following ruled lines 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Found by H.K.E. Köhler probably in 1804. Until 1935, in the Theodosia Museum of Antiquities, then moved to National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos (НА НЗХТ, д. 428, л. 72). 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 51/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, cursive epsilon, mu, sigma, omega; small serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.2

Text

Category

Honorific inscription. 

Date

Last third of II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Köhler 1820, 134 (= Köhler 1853, 299); Raoul-Rochette 1822, 58; Köhler 1823, 43 (= Köhler 1850, 119); 2099 et add.; , p. 1001, № 2099; IOSPE I 200 (= IOSPE I2 425). 

Edition

ἀγαθῆι τύχηι
Δημοκράτην Ἀριστο-
γένους πρόεδρον [μὲν εἰσηγη-]
σάμενον ἐνδόξως [καὶ δημη-]
5[γ]ορήσαντα, δὶς δ’ ἄ[ρξαντα τὴν]
[λαμπρο]τ̣ά̣την ἀ̣[ρχὴν καὶ πλεο-]
[νάκις?] πρεσβε̣ύ̣σ̣α̣ν̣[τα παρὰ τοὺς]
[Σεβασ]τοὺς προῖκα ὑπὲρ τ̣ῶ̣[ν συμφε-]
[ρόντ]ων τῆς πατρίδος καὶ τε[ιμη-]
10[θέ]ντα ὑπὸ τῆς π̣όλεως ἀϊδίω[ι]
[ἀναγ]ορεύσει, θιασαρχύσ̣α̣ν̣[τα καὶ]
[πᾶσ]αν λ̣ειτ̣ουργίαν τελέσα̣ν[τα],
πολειτευσ̣άμενον ἐν πᾶσιν
ἁγνῶς, τὸν κτίστην καὶ ἀσύνκ[ρι-]
15τον κα̣ὶ φιλόπατριν vac. 1 litt. ἡ κρατίστη
βουλὴ καὶ ὁ ἱερώτατος δῆμος
εὐνοίας vac. χάριν.

Diplomatic

ΑΓΑΘΗΙΤΥΧΗΙ
ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΗΝΑΡΙΣΤΟ
ΓΕΝΟΥΣΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΝ[.........-]
ΣΑΜΕΝΟΝΕΝΔΟΞΩΣ[.......-]
5[.]ΟΡΗΣΑΝΤΑΔΙΣΔΑ[.........]
[......]..ΤΗΝ.[...........-]
[.....]ΠΡΕΣΒ.....[..........]
[.....]ΤΟΥΣΠΡΟΙΚΑΥΠΕΡ..[......-]
[....]ΩΝΤΗΣΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣΚΑΙΤΕ[...-]
10[..]ΝΤΑΥΠΟΤΗΣ.ΟΛΕΩΣΑΙΔΙΩ[.]
[....]ΟΡΕΥΣΕΙΘΙΑΣΑΡΧΥ...[.....]
[...]ΑΝ.ΕΙ.ΟΥΡΓΙΑΝΤΕΛΕΣ.Ν[..]
ΠΟΛΕΙΤΕΥ.ΑΜΕΝΟΝΕΝΠΑΣΙΝ
ΑΓΝΩΣΤΟΝΚΤΙΣΤΗΝΚΑΙΑΣΥΝΚ[..-]
15ΤΟΝΚ.ΙΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΡΙΝ  ΗΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΗ
ΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΙΕΡΩΤΑΤΟΣΔΗΜΟΣ
ΕΥΝΟΙΑΣ      ΧΑΡΙΝ

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Commentaries

IGR I 866 (цитируются стк. 7-9). 

 
Apparatus criticus

2-3: [μὲν εἰσηγη]/σάμενον - suppl. CIG
4-5: ἐνδόξως [δημηγ]/ορήσαντα Köhler 1820; [καὶ ἄριστα δημηγ]/ορήσαντα
5-6: ἄ[ρξαντα τὴν μεγίσ]/την Köhler 1820; corr. sec. lap IOSPE
6: [λαμπροτά]την [ἀρχὴν] IOSPE; scripsi sec. lap.
6-7: [πλεονάκις?] / πρεσβεύσαντα suppl. CIG
7: ΕΠΡΕΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ Dubois de Montpéreux ap. CIG II, p. 1001, № 2099.
7-8: π[αρὰ τοὺς Σεβασ]/τοὺς suppl. CIG
8: [τοῦ συμφέροντος] - CIG; corr. sec. lap IOSPE
9: fin.: τειμ[ηθέντα] Köhler 1820
10-11: ἀϊδίωι [ἀναγο]/ρεύσει Köhler 1823
12-13: [πο]/λειτευσάμενον Köhler 1820
13: in.: [πολ]ειτευσάμενον IOSPE; ΠΟΛΕΙ Dubois de Montpéreux ap. CIG II, p. 1001, № 2099

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