III 108. Chersonesos.Edict (?) concerning a tax on prostitution, late II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.29.0, W.27.0, Th.3.0.

Additional description

Partially preserved left corner. Broken into three pieces. The front is well worked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos (Enclosures 21 and 43). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1909, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 102, л. 31, № 1951; д. 102, л. 45, № 2843; д. 102, л. 46, № 2745; ср. д. 70, л. 8 и 42). 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 20315. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

SLightly elongated letters, rectangular epsilon and sigma, theta with attached crossbar, phi with projecting vertical, omega in the shape of upside down mu; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Edict or letter (?) 

Date

Late II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 705. 

Edition

[---]
μωνα [---τέ-]
λει πορν[ικῷ---]
με φυλάξ̣[ειν --- ἃ οἱ]
πάλαι χειλ̣[ιάρχαι ὥρισαν---]
5περιέχεσθ[αι ---]
σθαι τὰς οὐχ̣ ἑτα[ιριζομένας ---ἐν τόποις]
ὡρισμένοις του[--- περὶ]
μὲν τοῦ ὡρισμένο[υ τέλους--- τῷ τέλει]
ὑπευθύ̣νους εἶναι καὶ ὀφείλε[ιν ---τὰς ἐν χαμαιτυ-]
10πείῳ ἢ οἰκήματί τινι καθη[μένας--- ἐπὶ τῇ]
τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ σώματος αἰσχύνῃ μισθ[ὸν λαμβανούσας --- δι-]
[δόν]αι τοῖς τοῦ τέλους μισθ[ωταῖς --- κολαζέσ-]
[θω δὲ] ἡ μὴ ἀπογραψαμέν[η πρὸς ---]
[περὶ δ]ὲ τῶν ὅρων ε[---]
15[---] Ν̣ΣΥΝΧ̣Ω̣ [---]
[---].. [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
ΜΩΝΑ[---..-]
ΛΕΙΠΟΡΝ[...---]
ΜΕΦΥΛΑ.[...---...]
ΠΑΛΑΙΧΕΙ.[............---]
5ΠΕΡΙΕΧΕΣΘ[..---]
ΣΘΑΙΤΑΣΟΥ.ΕΤΑ[..........---........]
ΩΡΙΣΜΕΝΟΙΣΤΟΥ[---....]
ΜΕΝΤΟΥΩΡΙΣΜΕΝΟ[.......---.......]
ΥΠΕΥΘ.ΝΟΥΣΕΙΝΑΙΚΑΙΟΦΕΙΛΕ[..---............-]
10ΠΕΙΩΗΟΙΚΗΜΑΤΙΤΙΝΙΚΑΘΗ[.....---.....]
...ΣΩΜΑΤΟΣΑΙΣΧΥΝΗΜΙΣΘ[.............---..-]
[...]ΑΙΤΟΙΣΤΟΥΤΕΛΟΥΣΜΙΣΘ[.....---.......-]
[....]ΗΜΗΑΠΟΓΡΑΨΑΜΕΝ[.....---]
[.....]ΕΤΩΝΟΡΩΝΕ[---]
15[---].ΣΥΝ..[---]
[---]··[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <orig><unclear>Ν</unclear>ΣΥΝ<unclear>ΧΩ</unclear></orig>
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Commentaries

Kadeev1981, 48; Solomonik1987a, 129; Zubar2002, 86, прим. 14; Makarov2003, 130 слл; Makarov2007a, 333. 

 
Apparatus criticus

3: supplevi sec. lap. φυλά[ττειν ?]IOSPE
4: ὥρισαν restitui e.g.
8: τῷ τέλει supplevi
11: [τοῦ]IOSPE
13: [πρὸς] addidi
14: ὅρων ἐ[ντὸς τῆς πόλεος ? - - -]Solomonik
15: scripsi;Solomonik; [- - -]ι συνυ[̣- - -]IOSPE

Translation

 

Images

 

(cc)© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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