III 144. Chersonesos.Building inscription of unknown, 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Column. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.32.0, W.12.0, Th.23.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. 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, 52/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Some letters slightly elongated, rectangular sigma, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0

Text

Category

Building inscription. 

Date

2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Stefani1866, 235, № 5; IOSPE I 207; IOSPE I2 444. 

Edition

[. c. 7.] Ἀριστ̣[. c. 3.]
[. c. 3. φιλο]τειμ[ησάμε-]
[νος] εἰς τ[ὸν κείονα]
�� δι[ακόσια].

Diplomatic

[·······]ΑΡΙΣ.[···]
[···....]ΤΕΙΜ[.....-]
[...]ΕΙΣΤ[........]
��ΔΙ[......]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="7" precision="low" unit="character"/> 
         <seg part="I">Ἀρισ<unclear>τ</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character" precision="low"/>
      	<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character" precision="low"/>
         <supplied reason="lost">φιλο</supplied>τειμ<supplied reason="lost">ησάμε</supplied>
      	<lb n="3" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">νος</supplied>
         εἰς τ<supplied reason="lost">ὸν</supplied> 
         <supplied reason="lost">κείονα</supplied> 
      	<lb n="4"/><g ref="#denarius"/> δι<supplied reason="lost">ακόσια</supplied>.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Uvarov1855, 159 сл; Mansvetov1872, 78 слл.; Pichikyan1976a, 103; Pichikyan1984, 249. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2-3: suppl.; не исключаю [- - - ἐφιλο]τειμ[ήσα|το]
3: fin.: εἰς τ[. . κείονα.]IOSPE; εἰς τ[ὸν κείονα vel τοὺς κείονας]Stefani
4: δι[ακόσια ?]IOSPE

Translation

- - -, (son of) Arist[- - -], (dedicated), [having do]nat[ed] for the [column 200?] denarii.

 

Images

 

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