III 60. Chersonesos. Decree, mid-I century B.C.E. - mid-I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 7.0, W. 8.0, Th. 4.0.

Additional description

Left edge of the panel is partially preserved, with five lines of text following ruled lines. Letters are considerably effaced. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of Chersonesos, on the coast, near the monastery bathing area, Trench III. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 2, № 60; д. 3, л. 11; д. 20, л. 5, № 60). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35088. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Small shallow letters, alpha with broken crossbar, mu with slanting outer hastae, omicron smaller than other letters, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, oval omega equal in size with other letters; absence of decorative elements at the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Mid-I century B.C.E. - mid-I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1892, 19, № 4; IOSPE IV 77; IOSPE I2 384. 

Edition

[---]
[---]ΤΑΝΑ̣Ν̣Α. [---]
[---]τὰν περὶ τὸν̣ [--- ταῦτ’ ἔδοξε]
[βουλᾷ καὶ δά]μῳ, βασιλε[υο---]
[--- Ἀπολ]λωνίου το̣[ῦ ---]
5[---]..[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]ΤΑΝ..Α·[---]
[---]ΤΑΝΠΕΡΙΤΟ.[---..........]
[..........]ΜΩΒΑΣΙΛΕ[..---]
[---....]ΛΩΝΙΟΥΤ.[.---]
5[---]··[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΤΑΝ<unclear>ΑΝ</unclear>Α</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">τὰν</w> περὶ 
      τὸ<unclear>ν</unclear>
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">ταῦτ’ ἔδοξε</supplied>
      <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">βουλᾷ καὶ</supplied> 
      <supplied reason="lost">δά</supplied>μῳ, 
      <w part="I">βασιλε<supplied reason="lost">υο</supplied></w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <supplied reason="lost">Ἀπολ</supplied>λωνίου 
      τ<unclear>ο</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ῦ</supplied>
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: scripsi; ...ταν... IOSPE; e.g. [τὸ ἀνάλωμα (?) εἰς] τὰν ἀ̣ν̣αγ̣[ραφὰν δόμεν]
2: τὸν̣ scripsi; τὸ[...] IOSPE
3: βασιλε[υο - - -] scripsi (cf. comment.); βασιλε[υούσας Παρθένου, ἔτεος . . .] IOSPE
4: fin.: scripsi, vel [προαισυμνῶντος] ante [Ἀπολ]λωνίου; [ἱερέος δὲ Ἀπολ]λωνίου τ[. . .] IOSPE
5: vestigia

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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