III 46. Chersonesos. Decree, not before I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Unknown. 

Material

Unknown. 

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. Remains of ten lines of text. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos) ?. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Until 1872, the monument was in Chersonesos and was sent from there to a Polytechnic Exhibition in Moscow; since 1885, it is considered lost.  

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. Current whereabouts of the monument are unknown. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Theta wtih crossbar, pi with even verticals and extended horizontal, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Not before I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I 191; IOSPE I2 373. 

Edition

[---]
[---]ΘΟΥ[---]
[---]ΝΚΑΙΟΣ[---]
[---]ς εὐε<ρ>γετε[ῖν ---]
[---]ΑΥΣΕΙΝ ἐπή[γγελται? ---]
5[--- δε]δόχθαι τ[ᾶι βουλᾶι καὶ τῶι δάμωι ἐπ-]
[αινέσα]ι τε αὐτ[ὸν ---]
[---]ΚΑΕ[---]
[---]ΟΥΝΕ[---]
[---]ΣΚ[---]
10[---]Τ[---]
[---]

3: orig. ΕΥΕΓΕΤΕ..

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]ΘΟΥ[---]
[---]ΝΚΑΙΟΣ[---]
[---]ΣΕΥΕΓΕΤΕ[..---]
[---]ΑΥΣΕΙΝΕΠΗ[.......---]
5[---..]ΔΟΧΘΑΙΤ[.....................-]
[......]ΙΤΕΑΥΤ[..---]
[---]ΚΑΕ[---]
[---]ΟΥΝΕ[---]
[---]ΣΚ[---]
10[---]Τ[---]
[---]

3: orig. ΕΥΕΓΕΤΕ..

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

4: scripsi [ἐπὶ πλείω συν]αύ⸢ξ⸣ειν ἐπη[γγείλατο (?) - - - ] IOSPE
8: [εἴσπλουν | τε καὶ ἔκπλ]ουν ἐ[ν εἰράναι καὶ πολέμωι - - -]

Translation

[- - -] - - - to serve as benefactor [- - -] - - - [the Council and the People] shall deem it good [to prais]e him [- - -] - - -

 

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