III 10. Chersonesos.Decree honouring G. Iulius Satyros, ca. 46 B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.12.0, W.16.0, Th.4.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides except the right. The epigraphic field is outlined by a wide relief border. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos (near the battery of Canet). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1911, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 104, л. 15, № 1389). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34846. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. The stone has been lost since 1990s. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, theta with attached crossbar, mu with splayed outer hastae, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.8

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Ca. 46 B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Titulature. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 691; ISE 3, 148 (= Canali de Rossi1997, 225). 

Edition

[ἀγαθᾶι τύχαι·]
[νομοφύλακες - - - - - - - - - - ].[..].
[. c. 5. Λάμαχος Δαμ]ατρίου, Ἀπολλώνιος
[Ζήθου κ]αὶ ὁ ἐπὶ τᾶς διοικήσιος Ἀθά-
5[ναιος] Στρατονίκου εἶπαν· ἐπειδὴ Γά-
[ιος Ἰού]λιος Θε[ογ]ένου υἱὸς Σάτυρος πολί-
[τας ποι]ηθεὶς ἐ̣π̣[ὶ τῶν] πατέρων ἁμῶν ἀξίως
[ἐπολιτε]ύσατο τᾶς̣ [χ]άριτος ταύτας, [πρεσ-]
[βεύσας μ]έχρι [Ῥ]ώμας ποτὶ τὰν Ῥωμαίων σύν-
10[κλητον] καὶ Γάιον Ἰούλιον Καίσαρα τρὶς ὕπατον
[δικτάτο]ρ̣ά τε τὸ τρίτον ἐ̣φ̣’̣ ῶν ἀν[ένεώσατο τὰν]
[ἀρχᾶθεν πο]τ̣’ αὐτοὺς ἁμῶν οἱ[κειότητα καὶ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[---]

Diplomatic

[............]
[........... - - - - - - - - - - ]·[··]·
[·····..........]ΑΤΡΙΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ
[......]ΑΙΟΕΠΙΤΑΣΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΙΟΣΑΘΑ
5[.....]ΣΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΟΥΕΙΠΑΝΕΠΕΙΔΗΓΑ
[......]ΛΙΟΣΘΕ[..]ΕΝΟΥΥΙΟΣΣΑΤΥΡΟΣΠΟΛΙ
[......]ΗΘΕΙΣ..[....]ΠΑΤΕΡΩΝΑΜΩΝΑΞΙΩΣ
[.......]ΥΣΑΤΟΤΑ.[.]ΑΡΙΤΟΣΤΑΥΤΑΣ[....-]
[.......]ΕΧΡΙ[.]ΩΜΑΣΠΟΤΙΤΑΝΡΩΜΑΙΩΝΣΥΝ
10[......]ΚΑΙΓΑΙΟΝΙΟΥΛΙΟΝΚΑΙΣΑΡΑΤΡΙΣΥΠΑΤΟΝ
[.......].ΑΤΕΤΟΤΡΙΤΟΝ...ΩΝΑΝ[...........]
[.........].ΑΥΤΟΥΣΑΜΩΝΟΙ[........... - - - - - - - - - - ]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Rostovtsev1917, 1; Rostowzew1917, 27; Solomonik1990, № 16; Vinogradov1997, 19; Makarov2005, 84 (= SEG 55, 839; Bull.ép. 2006, 299); Makarov2007, 878 (= SEG 57, 696; Bull.ép. 2008, 411). 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: supplevi (cf. ipe347, стк. 1)
2: fin.: [---]άσ[ιο]ς̣
2-5: IOSPE I2
6: vel Θε[αγ]ένου
7: επ[ὶ τῶν] πατέρων scripsi; ἔτ[ι ἐ]πὶ πατέρωνVinogradov; [ὑ]π[ὸ τῶν] πατέρωνMoretti
11: in.IOSPE I2; fin. – 12: scripsi; οἰ[κειότητα καὶ συγ]|[γένειαν ---] vel οἰ[κειότητα καὶ φιλίαν] (cf. Макаров 2005)Makarov2005; ΕΦΩΝΑΝ[---][---]̣ΑΥΤΟΥΣΑΜΩΝΟΙ; ἐφ’ ὧν ἀνε[̣κτάσατο][τὰ δίκαια πο]τ’ αὐτοὺς ἁμῶν ὁμο[λογίαν ἐπανεγ][κών ---]
12: [---]ε αὐτοὺς ἁμῶν[---] vel [---]ε αὖ τοὺς ἁμῶν[---]IOSPE; [---]ἑαυτοὺς ἁμῶν [---]Moretti

Translation

[Good fortune.

[Nomophylakes...]

[...Lamachos, (son of) Dam]atrios, Apollonios, [(son of) Zethos], and the head of administration Atha[naios], (son of) Stratonikos, proposed: since Ga[ius Iu]lius, son of The[og]enos, Satyros, [having been made ci]tizen at the time of our fathers, [has exerci]sed his position in a manner worthy of this grace, [having gone on an ambassy] to Rome, to the Roman senate and the emperor Gaius Iulius Caesar, thrice consul and thrice di[ctator], to whom he re[minded of our] re[lationship, since the old days,] with them [---]

 

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