III 114. Chersonesos.Dedication of Bion to Parthenos, late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Base.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.34.0, W.77.0, Th.72.0.
Additional description
Mutiple depressions on the top surface reflect stages of monument's reuse: first as a base for support of stelai, then, twice, as statue base for bronze statues). On the front, a three-line insription is aligned on the left (perhaps, due to recutting in secondary use).
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
In the central part of the citadel, south of St. Vladimir cathedral, near the Great basilica ("with marble floor").
Find circumstances
Found in 1892, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 3, л. 3, № 72; д. 21, № 72; ср. ОАК за 1892 г., 1894, 14).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4695.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Nu with even verticals, sigma with splayed bars, iota adscriptum, no decorative enhancement at the ends of hastae.
Letterheights (cm)
2.0
Text
Category
Dedicatory inscription.
Date
Late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev1895, 9, № 3 (= Latyshev1895c, 514, № 3); IOSPE IV 83; IOSPE I2 410.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Βίων
Σιμία.
<lb n="2"/>Ἀντιβίων Βίωνος τοῦ
Σιμία βασιλεύσας
<lb n="3"/>ὑπὲρ τοῦ πατρὸς Παρθένωι ἱερεὺς ἐών
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Kadeev1981, 67; Pichikyan1984, 198; Solomonik1990, 51, № 43; Treister1999, 141, № 6 (27); Makarov2001, 177, № 2.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Bion, (son of) Simias. Antibion, (son of) Bion, (son of) Simias, having served as king, on behalf of his father, (dedicated) to Parthenos, in his capacity as priest.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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