III 1. Chersonesos.Decree honouring Syriskos, the historian, 1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.49.5, W.26.0, Th.8.0.
Additional description
Two joining fragments of a stele (the lower one is split in two) adorned with pediment and acroteria. Broken off on the left and bottom.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Fragment a (upper fragment) was found probably, near the Eastern Basilica; fragment b (split in two fragments): area of the Eastern Basilica.
Find circumstances
Fragment a (upper fragment) was found in 1879-1880, excavations of the Odessa Archaeological Society (архив НЗХТ, д. 37, л.17); fragment b (split in two fragments): in 1908, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (архив НЗХТ, д. 64, л.12; д. 101, л. 38).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3616.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Alpha with straight crossbar, mu with slanting outer hastae, nu with a raised right vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
0.8
Text
Category
Decree.
Date
1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
1. Yurgevich1881a,221, № 3 (fr. a); 2. IOSPE I 184 (fr. a); 2.1. SGDI1899, III 1, 3086; 3. Loeper1912, 44, № 3 (fr. a-b); 4. IOSPE I2 344 (fr. a-b); 4.1. Müller2010, 378, №14.
[ἐπειδὴ] Συρίσκος Ἡρακλείδα τὰ[ς]
[ἐπιφαν]είας τᾶς Παρθένου φιλ[ο-]
[πόνως συγ]γράψας ἀν[έ]γνω καὶ τ[ά]
5[ποτὶ τ]οὺς Βοσπόρου βασιλεῖ[ς]
[διηγήσα]το τά [θ’ ὑ]πάρξαντα φ[ι-]
[λάνθρωπα? ποτὶ τὰ]ς πόλεις ἱστ[ό]-
[ρησεν ---]εως τῶι δάμω[ι],
[ἵνα λάβοι τιμά]ς ἀξίας, δεδόχθα[ι]
10[τᾶι βουλᾶι καὶ τῶι δάμωι] ἐπαινέσα[ι]
[τε] αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τούτοις καὶ [στεφ]αν[ῶ]-
[σαι τοὺς συμμνά]μονας [χρυσέωι στε-]
[φάνωι - - - - - - - - - - ]ΣΙΩΝ μιᾶι ἐφ’ ἱκ[άδι]
[καὶ τὸ ἀνάγγ]ελμα γενέσθαι· ὁ δ[ᾶ-]
15[μος στεφα]νοῖ Συρίσκον Ἡρακλε[ί-]
[δα], [ὅτι τὰ]ς ἐπιφανείας τᾶς Πα[ρ]
[θένου συνέγρα]ψε καὶ τὰ ποτὶ τὰς [πό-]
[λεις καὶ τοὺς] βασιλεῖς ὑπάρξαν-
[τα φιλάνθρωπα?] ἱστόρησε ἀλαθιν[ῶς]
20[ - - - - - - - - - - ] τᾶι πόλει· ἀναγ[ρά-]
[ψαι] δὲ [συμμ]νάμονας εἰς <σ>τ[άλαν]
[λιθίναν τὸ ψ]άφισμα καὶ θέμε[ν ἐν-]
[τὸς τοῦ προ]νάου τᾶς Παρθέν[ου]· [τὸ δὲ]
[γενόμενον ἀνά]λωμα δόμ[εν κατὰ τὰ]
25[δόξαντα τὸν τα]μίαν τῶν [ἱερῶν]·
[ταῦτ’ ἔδοξε βουλᾶι κ]αὶ δάμ[ωι μηνὸς]
[ - - - - - - - - - - δ]εκά[ται---]
[---]
21: orig. Τ
[......]ΣΥΡΙΣΚΟΣΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΑΤΑ[.]
[......]ΕΙΑΣΤΑΣΠΑΡΘΕΝΟΥΦΙΛ[.-]
[........]ΓΡΑΨΑΣΑΝ[.]ΓΝΩΚΑΙΤ[.]
5[.....]ΟΥΣΒΟΣΠΟΡΟΥΒΑΣΙΛΕΙ[.]
[.......]ΤΟΤΑ[...]ΠΑΡΞΑΝΤΑΦ[.-]
[..............]ΣΠΟΛΕΙΣΙΣΤ[.]
[.....---]ΕΩΣΤΩΙΔΑΜΩ[.]
[............]ΣΑΞΙΑΣΔΕΔΟΧΘΑ[.]
10[....................]ΕΠΑΙΝΕΣΑ[.]
[..]ΑΥΤΟΝΕΠΙΤΟΥΤΟΙΣΚΑΙ[....]ΑΝ[.]
[.............]ΜΟΝΑΣ[..........-]
[..... - - - - - - - - - - ]ΣΙΩΝΜΙΑΙΕΦΙΚ[...]
[..........]ΕΛΜΑΓΕΝΕΣΘΑΙΟΔ[.-]
15[........]ΝΟΙΣΥΡΙΣΚΟΝΗΡΑΚΛΕ[.-]
[.......]ΣΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙΑΣΤΑΣΠΑ[.]
[............]ΨΕΚΑΙΤΑΠΟΤΙΤΑΣ[..-]
[...........]ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣΥΠΑΡΞΑΝ
[............]ΙΣΤΟΡΗΣΕΑΛΑΘΙΝ[..]
20[ - - - - - - - - - - ]ΤΑΙΠΟΛΕΙΑΝΑΓ[..-]
[...]ΔΕ[....]ΝΑΜΟΝΑΣΕΙΣΤ[....]
[..........]ΑΦΙΣΜΑΚΑΙΘΕΜΕ[...-]
[.........]ΝΑΟΥΤΑΣΠΑΡΘΕΝ[......]
[............]ΛΩΜΑΔΟΜ[........]
25[............]ΜΙΑΝΤΩΝ[.....]
[.................]ΑΙΔΑΜ[.......]
[ - - - - - - - - - - .]ΕΚΑ[...---]
[---]
21: orig. Τ
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<lb n="20"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/> τᾶι πόλει· ἀναγ<supplied reason="lost">ρά</supplied>
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<supplied reason="lost">ψ</supplied>άφισμα
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<lb n="23" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">τὸς</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τοῦ</supplied>
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<lb n="24"/><supplied reason="lost">γενόμενον</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">ἀνά</supplied>λωμα
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<lb n="27"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/> <supplied reason="lost">δ</supplied>εκά<supplied reason="lost">ται</supplied><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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</div>Commentaries
Wilhelm1897, 87, № 13 (fr. a); IOSPE IV, p. 277; Rostovtsev1915, 151; FGrHist1923-1958, 807T1; Chaniotis1988, 300E7; Solomonik1990, 14 № 4; , 505-526; Dana, Dana2006, 99; Müller2010, 72; Dana2011, 240.
Apparatus criticus
a-b: IOSPE I2 344
1: rest.IOSPE
3/4: φιλ[οπόνως συγ]γράψαςWilhelm (Loeper);
φιλ[οπόνως ἀνα]γράψαςBechtel;
φιλ[οπόνως] γράψαςIOSPE I2
4-7: καὶ [πρὸς πάντας τ]οὺς Βοσπόρου βασιλεῖ[ς ἀνενεώσα]το τὰ [ὑ]πάρξαντα φ[ιλάνθρωπα]Wilhelm
8: [ἐπιεικ]έως vel [εὐπρεπ]έωςLoeper
13: [τῶν Διονυ]σίωνLoeper;
[τῶν.......]σίων FGrHist
21: fin.ΕΙΣΤlap.
20-22: in.: suppl. Loeper
24/25: δόμ[εν κατὰ τὰ] / [δόξαντα (?) τὸν τα]μίαν τῶν [ἱερῶν]Loeper
Translation
Herakleidas, (son of) Parmenon, proposed: since Syriskos, (son of) Herakleidas, after industriously writing up the epiphanies of Parthenos, (publicly) read (his composition), and also set out in detail the matters concerning the kings of Bosporus, as well as expounded the existing [---] towards the cities in a manner worthy of the People, in order that he may receive due honours, the Council and the People shall deem it good to praise him because of these (actions) and the symmnamones shall crown him with a golden crown on the 21st [during the Dionysia?] and proclaim: "The People crowns Syriskos, (son of) Herakleidas because he wrote up the epiphaneis of Parthenos and related faithfully the matters as they were at the time concerning the cities and kings [---] for the city. Symmnamones shall inscribe the decision on a stone stele and set it up in the pronaos of Parthenos. The treasurer of sacred funds shall disburse (funds) for the incurred expense in accordance with the decision. [These decisions the Council and the] Peo[ple made on the ... t]ent[h? - - -]
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