III 104. Chersonesos.Letter of Polemon I of Pontus to Chersonesites, 14-8 B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.18.0, W.22.0, Th.7.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele, adorned with pediment and acroteria. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sectore of the citadel (Enclosure III). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1909, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ д. 102, л. 39, № 2393; д. 70, л. 32). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4815. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, mu with outward slanting outer hastae, pi with even verticals; absence of decorative elements at the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Letter. 

Date

14-8 B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Explicit date, prosopography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 704; Vinogradov1992, 131, № 1 (= SEG 42, 697). 

Edition

βασιλεὺς Πολέμων εὐ-
σεβὴς σωτὴρ Χερσονησειτῶν
β̣ο̣υ̣λῆι vac. 1 litt. δήμ̣ωι χαίρειν· vac.
[--- Βοσ]π̣ό̣ρ̣ο̣υ̣ ΣΥΝΕΘ̣
[---]

Diplomatic

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΕΥ
ΣΕΒΗΣΣΩΤΗΡΧΕΡΣΟΝΗΣΕΙΤΩΝ
...ΛΗΙ  ΔΗ.ΩΙΧΑΙΡΕΙΝ      
[---...].....ΣΥΝΕ.
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Gaydukevich1949, 322 (cf. Gaydukevich1971, 335); Kadeev1979, 59; Zubar1987, 127; Solomonik1990, 50, № 38; Saprykin2002, 126; Primo2010, 169, n. 91. 

 
Apparatus criticus

3: [βου]λῆι δή[μ]ωι ed. pr.
4: scripsi; [- - - Βοσπ]όρου συνι ed. pr.
4-8: [οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ Βοσ]πόρου συνι/[όντες εἰς τὴν ὑμετέραν / πόλιν πρέσβεις? ἐπαγγέλ/λονται τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς εὔ/νοιαν vel sim. - - -]Vinogradov

Translation

King Polemon, pious, saviour, to the Council (and) People of Chersonesites - greeting - - - of Bosporus - - -

 

Images

 

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