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. 

Edition

Βίων Σιμία.
Ἀντιβίων Βίωνος τοῦ Σιμία βασιλεύσας
ὑπὲρ τοῦ πατρὸς Παρθένωι ἱερεὺς ἐών

Diplomatic

ΒΙΩΝ ΣΙΜΙΑ
ΑΝΤΙΒΙΩΝΒΙΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΣΙΜΙΑΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣΑΣ
ΥΠΕΡΤΟΥΠΑΤΡΟΣΠΑΡΘΕΝΩΙΙΕΡΕΥΣΕΩΝ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <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.

 

Images

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