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

Stefani 1866, 234, № 3; IOSPE 205; IOSPE I2 442. 

Edition

Χρυσοῦς Φαρ-
νάκου φιλοτει-
μησάμενος
εἰς τοὺς κείο-
5νας δηνάρια φ´

Diplomatic

ΧΡΥΣΟΥΣ ΦΑΡ
ΝΑΚΟΥΦΙΛΟΤΕΙ
ΜΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ
ΕΙΣΤΟΥΣΚΕΙΟ
5ΝΑΣΔΗΝΑΡΙΑΦ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		       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>
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   </div> 
Commentaries

Uvarov 1855, 163, № 67; Mansvetov 1872, 78 слл; Pichikyan 1976a, 91, 103; Pichikyan 1984, 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.

 

Images

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to the EpiDoc schema.)