III 146. Chersonesos.Building inscription of Valerian, 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Column. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.58.0, W.25.0, Th.18.0.

Additional description

Five joining fragments of a column, broken off on all sides. Reused in the construction of a basilica. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Fragments 1-3 (right top down): Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica (№ 23). Fragments 4-5 (left top down): Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica (№ 23), altar area. 

Find circumstances

Fragments 1-3 (right top down) found in 1853, excavations of A.S. Uvarov; Fragments 4-5 (left top down) found in 1901, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 10, л. 17; № 177; д. 30, л. 3, № 207). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34944 (fragments 1, 2, 3, 5); 35109 (fragmet 4). 

Autopsy

I could not locate Fragment 3 in the repository of National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos: Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Some letters slightly elongated, large oval omicron, rectangular sigma, ypsilon with short curved diagonals, phi with projecting vertical; small serifs 

Letterheights (cm)

4.5

Text

Category

Building inscription. 

Date

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

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Stefani1866, 235, № 7 (fr. 1-3); IOSPE I 209; Latyshev1902a, 27, № 9 (plus fr. 4-5); IOSPE I2 446. 

Edition

[ἀγα]θῇ τύχῃ
[Οὐ]αλεριανὸς
[Γα]ίου φ[ιλ]οτει-
[μησάμε]νος εἰς
5[τοὺς κεί]ονας
[δηνά]ρια φ´

Diplomatic

[...]ΘΗΤΥΧΗ
[..]ΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟΣ
[..]ΙΟΥΦ[..]ΟΤΕΙ
[......]ΝΟΣΕΙΣ
5[.......]ΟΝΑΣ
[....]ΡΙΑΦ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">ἀγα</supplied>θῇ τύχῃ 
      	<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Οὐ</supplied>αλεριανὸς
      	<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">Γα</supplied>ίου 
         φ<supplied reason="lost">ιλ</supplied>οτει
      	<lb n="4" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">μησάμε</supplied>νος εἰς
      	<lb n="5"/><supplied reason="lost">τοὺς</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">κεί</supplied>ονας 
      	<lb n="6"/><supplied reason="lost">δηνά</supplied>ρια <num value="500">φ</num>
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   </div>
Commentaries

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

 
Apparatus criticus

Suppl. ; Τ в форме креста (вероятно, модификация византйского времени).
3: in.: [Γα]ίου suppl.

Translation

With good fortune. Valerianus, (son of) Gaius, (dedicated), ha[ving do]nated 500 [dena]rii [for the c]olumns.

 

Images

 

(cc)© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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