III 105. Chersonesos.Correspondence of officials, 2nd half of II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Additional description

Two non-joining fragments. Broken off on all sides. Fragment 1 is in five pieces. The front is polished. The back is roughly worked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Fragment1

Dimensions (cm)

H.17.5, W.22.0, Th.2.5.

Find place

Unknown. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Acquired from the private collection of D.I. Shpak. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 31283. 

Fragment2

Dimensions (cm)

H.15.0, W.12.0, Th.2.5.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Random find by M.I. Skubetov in 1912 (НА НЗХТ, д. 106). 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34947. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, omega in the shape of upside down mu; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Correspondence of . 

Date

2nd half of II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1915, 32, № 3 (= 399) .  14. 

Edition

1
[---]
[--- Χερσονησιτῶν]
[τοῖς ἄρχου]σ̣ι καὶ τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ [δήμῷ χαίρειν ---]
[---] π̣ερὶ Ῥωμαίους προθ[---]
[---]ν τὸ μέρος καὶ ὑμῶν [---]
[---] . οἷς τὸ ἐφόδιον δ[οθήτω , εἰ μὴ προῖκα ὑπέσχηνται]
5[---]χ̣ειν ὑμ̣ᾶ̣ς̣ ε̣ἰ̣ώ̣[θ ---]
[---]
2
[---]
[---] Δ̣ΟΣΑ [---]
[--- τῇ βουλ]ῇ καί τῷ δ[ήμῷ ---]
[---] λ̣αμβάνε[ιν ---]
[--- δ]ημοσι̣[---]
5[---]Σ̣ΚΕ̣Ι̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

1
[---]
[---............]
[.........].ΙΚΑΙΤΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΤΩ[...........---]
[---].ΕΡΙΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣΠΡΟΘ[---]
[---]ΝΤΟΜΕΡΟΣΚΑΙΥΜΩΝ[---]
[---]·ΟΙΣΤΟΕΦΟΔΙΟΝΔ[..........................]
5[---].ΕΙΝΥ......[.---]
[---]
2
[---]
[---].ΟΣΑ[---]
[---......]ΗΚΑΙΤΩΔ[...---]
[---].ΑΜΒΑΝΕ[..---]
[---.]ΗΜΟΣ.[---]
5[---].Κ..[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="0a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      <supplied reason="lost">Χερσονησιτῶν</supplied>
      		<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">τοῖς</supplied> 
      <supplied reason="lost">ἄρχου</supplied><unclear>σ</unclear>ι καὶ 
      τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ 
      <supplied reason="lost">δήμῷ χαίρειν</supplied> 
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      <unclear>π</unclear>ερὶ Ῥωμαίους 
      <w part="I">προθ</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">ν</w> τὸ μέρος καὶ ὑμῶν 
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> 
      οἷς τὸ ἐφόδιον δ<supplied reason="lost">οθήτω</supplied> 
      <supplied reason="lost">, εἰ μὴ προῖκα ὑπέσχηνται</supplied>
      		<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><unclear>χ</unclear>ειν ὑ<unclear>μᾶς</unclear> 
      <unclear>εἰώ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">θ</supplied>
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="2">
      <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      <orig><unclear>Δ</unclear>ΟΣΑ</orig> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>      		
      <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">τῇ</supplied> 
      <supplied reason="lost">βουλ</supplied>ῇ καί τῷ δ<supplied reason="lost">ήμῷ</supplied> 
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      <unclear>λ</unclear>αμβάνε<supplied reason="lost">ιν</supplied> 
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <w part="I"><supplied reason="lost">δ</supplied>ημοσ<unclear>ι</unclear></w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Σ</unclear>Κ<unclear>ΕΙ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Bull.ép., 280. 

 
Apparatus criticus

0: [ὁ δεῖνα Χερσονησιτῶν]Solomonik1964
2: [- - - ὅτι τὰ π]ερὶ ῾Ρωμαίους προθ[ύμως ἐπεμελήθητε - - -]Solomonik1964
4: [- - -]οις τὸ ἐφόδιον δ[ιδόναι - - -]Solomonik1964; corr. Robert in BullEp
6: scripsi [- - -]ειν ὑ̣μ̣ᾶ̣ς̣ [- - -]Solomonik1964 1-2: [- - -]οσα[- - - /- - - δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλ]ῇ καὶ τῷ δ[ήμῷ - - -] ed. pr.; [Αὐτοκράτωρ Μ. Αὐρήλιος Κόμο]δ̣ος Ἀ[ντονεῖνος Σεβαστὸς ... Χερσονησιτῶν τοῖς ἄρχουσι / καὶ τῇ βουλ]ῇ καὶ τῷ δ[ήμῷ χαίρειν]Solomonik1964
4: [ὁ δ]ῆμος[ ---] ed. pr.; δ]ημοσί[ᾳ - - -]Solomonik1964

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