III 101. Chersonesos.Regulation, III century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.17.5, W.23.0, Th.8.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. Traces of fire damage and cement. The front is planed, the back is treated summarily. Nine-line inscription cut following ruled lines 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica (№ 23), western tower of the atrium, wall. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1977, excavations of V.A. Kutaysov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 1/36979. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slight curving of some letterstrokes, alpha with straight crossbar, flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2

Text

Category

Regulation. 

Date

III century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1984a, 72. 

Edition

[---]
[--- ἐν]ι̣α̣[υ]τοῦ χειροτο[ν---]
[---] καὶ τὰ ἄρσενα κα[ὶ τά θήλεα ---]
[---]εσθω φυγαδεύοντα̣ [---]
[---ο?]ἴκοι ἐν ἁμέραις δέ[κα ---]
5[---] τὰ λελαμμέν[α ---]
[---]ν ἕκαστος [.]
[---π]εντήκον̣[τα ---]
[---]Τ̣ΑΣ[---]
[---]Σ̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---..]..[.]ΤΟΥΧΕΙΡΟΤΟ[.---]
[---]ΚΑΙΤΑΑΡΣΕΝΑΚΑ[........---]
[---]ΕΣΘΩΦΥΓΑΔΕΥΟΝΤ.[---]
[---.]ΙΚΟΙΕΝΑΜΕΡΑΙΣΔΕ[..---]
5[---]ΤΑΛΕΛΑΜΜΕΝ[.---]
[---]ΝΕΚΑΣΤΟΣ[·]
[---.]ΕΝΤΗΚΟ.[..---]
[---].ΑΣ[---]
[---].[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">ἐν</supplied><unclear>ια</unclear><supplied reason="lost">υ</supplied>τοῦ <w part="I">χειροτο<supplied reason="lost">ν</supplied></w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">εσθω</w> φυγαδεύοντ<unclear>α</unclear> 
               <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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      		<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> τὰ 
               λελαμμέν<supplied reason="lost">α</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="6"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">ν</w> ἕκαστος 
               <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="7"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">π</supplied>εντήκο<unclear>ν</unclear><supplied reason="lost">τα</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="8"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Τ</unclear>ΑΣ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="9"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Σ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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Commentaries

SEG 34, 750; Bull.ép. 1990, 556 (= SEG 40, 614); Vinogradov, Shcheglov1990, 344 (= SEG 42, 693; Vinogradov 1997, 454); Solomonik1990, 45, № 36; Zubar2005a, 154. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: [ἐν]ι̣α̣[υ]τοῦ scripsi; χειροτο[νῆσαι - - -] ed. pr.; χειροτο[νηθέντες - - -] Vinogradov
2-3: κα[ὶ τὰ θήλη (sic) - - - e.g. θυ]έσθω ed. pr.; κα[ὶ τὰ θήλεα (sc. σώματα) - - - / - - - δικαζ]έσθω Vinogradov
3: φυγαδεύοντα̣ scripsi sec. lap.; φυγαδεύοντ[ες - - -] ed. pr.
3-4: φυγαδεύοντ[ες δὲ διαδικαζέσθων - - - / - - - πρόδ]ικοι Vinogradov
4: in.: [ο]ἶκοι vel [ο]ἴκοι vel [σύνοι]κοι ed. pr.; [πρόδ]ικοι Vinogradov ; fin.: δέ[κα - - -] ed. pr.
5: [- - - τὰ χρήμα]τα λελαμμέν[̣α ἀποδοῦναι - - -] ed. pr.; [- - - κα]ταλελαμμέν[̣οι vel -α - - - δίκαι] (dat. sg.) Vinogradov
6: in.: [κατὰ τὸν νόμο]ν vel [εἰς τὸν - - - χρόνο]ν ed. pr. ; μ[ήν - - -] ed. pr.; [πρὶν ἂ]ν ἕκαστος λ̣[άβηι τὰν δίκαν ? - - -] Vinogradov
7: [- - - δικαζέσθω π]εντήκον̣[τα ἁμερᾶν - - -] ed. pr.

Translation

- - - of the year, voting by hand (?) - - - both male and [female] - - - who fled - - - [ho]me in ten? days - - - the captured - - - each - - - fifty - - -

 

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