I 4. Tyras.Honorific decree, early III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

White marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.15.6, W.13.6, Th.5.7.

Additional description

The front is carefully worked, the epigraphic field is polished and framed by a polished relief border. The left and bottom sides are summarily treated with tooth chisel, the back is roughly picked, the other faces are broken off. 

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Unknown. Entry in the Museum Inventory under 27.09.1990. 

Modern location

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Institution and inventory

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Regional Studies Museum, А-8918, КП-34958. 

Autopsy

A. I. Ivantchik, August 2006. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. Bottom left corner is preserved, broken off on on the top and right. Margins: left 0,6; right 0,6cm. H.9.0, W.4.8

Lettering

Deeply cut, but not altogether neat letters, large serifs. Rectangular sigma, but once a regular four-bar shape is used. Phi with upward and downward extended vertical; psi with a downward extended vertical. Average distance between lines: 0,4cm. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0-1.2

Text

Category

Honorific decree. 

Date

Early III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Prosopography, palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

[---]
.Ρ̣.[---]
σιο̣[υ --- ἐσφρα-]
γίσα̣[ντο ---]
᾽Αττα[---]
5Καλλίμ̣[αχος (vel sim.) ---ἀνα-]
γράψας Χυ̣[--- Οὐαλέριος ῾Ροῦ?-]
φος γρα̣[μματεὺς ἐτελειώσατο τὸ ψήφισμα vac. ]

Diplomatic

[---]
·.·[---]
ΣΙ.[.---.....-]
ΓΙΣ.[...---]
᾽ΑΤΤΑ[---]
5ΚΑΛΛΙ.[...........---...-]
ΓΡΑΨΑΣΧ.[---.............-]
ΦΟΣΓΡ.[..............................]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

6: ΓΡ in ligatura
7: ΓΡ in ligatura

Translation

[- - - their seals] appli[ed - - -] Atta[- - -] Kallim[- - - wri]tten [- - -R]ufus, sec[retary edited the decision]

 

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