III 68. Chersonesos. Decree (?), II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 15.0, W. 12.0, Th. 4.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, Enclosure XX. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1909, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 102, л. 49; д. 70, л. 53; д. 112, л. 7). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 20319. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, narrow gamma, sigma; large oval and ornamental omicron, ypsilon with decorative crossbar; perpendicular bars on ends of strokes; ligatures. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 694. 

Edition

[---]
[---]..Ο.ΑΣ.ΡΟΥ[---]
[---π]ροαιρούμενος [---]
[---] φάμαν αὐ[---]
[---]μένου καὶ π̣[---]
5[---]ος εὐγενε.[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]··Ο·ΑΣ·ΡΟΥ[---]
[---.]ΡΟΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ[---]
[---]ΦΑΜΑΝΑΥ[---]
[---]ΜΕΝΟΥΚΑΙ.[---]
5[---]ΟΣΕΥΓΕΝΕ·[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><orig>Ο</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ΑΣ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ΡΟΥ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">π</supplied>ροαιρούμενος 
            <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> φάμαν <w part="I">αὐ</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">μένου</w> καὶ 
            <w part="I"><unclear>π</unclear></w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">ος</w> 
            <w part="I">εὐγενε</w><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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Apparatus criticus

1: [- - -] ἀ̣π̣ὸ τ̣ᾶς π̣ρου[- - -] (?)
2: rest. ΜΕ in ligatura
3-4: scripsi
5: εὐγενέ[στατος] IOSPE I2 ΝΕ in ligatura

Translation

- - - preferring - - - fame - - - noble[- - -] - - -

 

Commentary

1: from the start of the line left to right - part of a diagonal, two verticals, omicron, a vertical, sigma, two verticals.

5: at the end of the line - part of a top horizontal.

 

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