III 142. Chersonesos.Building inscription of Chrysous, 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.
Monument
Type
Column.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
Unknown.
Additional description
Broken off on the top and bottom. Reused in the construction of a basilica.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica (№ 23).
Find circumstances
Found in 1853, excavations of A.S. Uvarov.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, no inventory number.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Some letters slightly elongated, alpha with broken crossbar, cursive epsilon and sigma, large omicron; word divisions, ligatures.
Letterheights (cm)
4.0
Text
Category
Building inscription.
Date
2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Stefani1866, 234, № 3; IOSPE 205; IOSPE I2 442.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Χρυσοῦς
Φαρ
<lb n="2" break="no"/>νάκου φιλοτει
<lb n="3" break="no"/>μησάμενος
<lb n="4"/>εἰς τοὺς κείο
<lb n="5" break="no"/>νας δηνάρια <num value="500">φ</num>
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Uvarov1855, 163, № 67; Mansvetov1872, 78 слл; Pichikyan1976a, 91, 103; Pichikyan1984, 249.
Apparatus criticus
Лигатуры ΝΑΚ, ΗΝ. ; по обеим сторонам Φ точки-разделители.
Translation
Chrysous, (son of) Pharnakes, (dedicated), having donated 500 denarii for the columns.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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