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).
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>βασιλεὺς Ἀσπο<unclear>ῦ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ργος</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><unclear>β</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ασι</supplied><unclear>λ</unclear>εύω<unclear>ν</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div>
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 - - -
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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