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

Stefani 1866, 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)

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   <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

Uvarov 1855, 159 сл; Mansvetov 1872, 78 слл.; Pichikyan 1976a, 103; Pichikyan 1984, 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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