III 118. Chersonesos.Dedication (?) of king Aspourgos, 14-38 C.E.

Monument

Type

Base (?) 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.5.5, W.21.5, Th.23.0.

Additional description

Upper left corner is preserved; on the top: remains of a depression. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos ("between a bunker and the northeast conrner of the "repository of antiquities"), in a well to the north of the "repository of antiquities". 

Find circumstances

Found in 1893, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 3, л. 32, № 88; д. 22, № 88). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35049. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Amply spaced letters; alpha, lambda, sigma with criss-crossing diagonals, word divisions. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Dedication. 

Date

14-38 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Explicit date, prosopography. 

Editions

Latyshev1895, 20, № 22 (= Latyshev1895c, 515, № 5); IOSPE IV 147; IOSPE I2 573; Vinogradov1992, 132, № 4 (= Vinogradov1992 42, 699). 

Edition

βασιλεὺς Ἀσποῦ̣[ργος ---]
β̣[ασι]λ̣εύων̣ [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣΑΣΠΟ.[....---]
.[...].ΕΥΩ.[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Gaydukevich1949, 322 (cf. Gaydukevich1971, 335); Kadeev1979, 59; Saprykin2002, 218; Vinogradov, Goroncharovsky2009, 259. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Ἀσποῦ[ργος ὁ ἐκ βασιλέως Ἀσάνδρου (vel Ἀσανδρόχου)?]Vinogradov1992
2: [παντὸς Βοσπόρου - - -]Vinogradov1992

Translation

King Aspourgos - - - ruling as king - - -

 

Images

 

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