III 148. Chersonesos.Building inscription of Aurelius, 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Column. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.37.0, W.25.0, Th.4.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. Reused in the construction of a basilica. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Probably northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica (№ 23). 

Find circumstances

Exact information is not available. Probably found in 1853 during the excavations of A.S. Uvarov. 

Modern location

Moscow, Russia. 

Institution and inventory

State Historical Museum, 50984. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly curved letterstrokes, oval omicron the size of other letters, cursive epsilon, ksi, sigma, narrow pi with even verticals and extended horizontal; 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

Latyshev1895a, 86, № 2061; IOSPE IV 90 (= IOSPE I2 448). 

Edition

Αὐρ̣[---]
Ξαν[θ ---]
φιλοτε[ιμησάμενος]
εἰς τὸν [κείονα �� ---]
5ἐπεὶ Α[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

ΑΥ.[---]
ΞΑΝ[.---]
ΦΙΛΟΤΕ[..........]
ΕΙΣΤΟΝ[.......---]
5ΕΠΕΙΑ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><seg part="I">Αὐ<unclear>ρ</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/><seg part="I">Ξαν<supplied reason="lost">θ</supplied></seg> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="3"/>φιλοτε<supplied reason="lost">ιμησάμενος</supplied>
      	<lb n="4"/>εἰς τὸν <supplied reason="lost">κείονα</supplied>  
         <supplied reason="lost"><g ref="#denarius"/></supplied> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>    		
      	<lb n="5"/>ἐπεὶ <orig>Α</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Uvarov1855, 159 сл. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Αὐ[ρήλιος - - -]IOSPE
2: Ξάν[θου - - -]IOSPE
4: εἰς τὸν [κείονα δην - - -]IOSPE
5: ἐπειδIOSPE

Translation

Aur(elius) - - -, (son of) Xan[- - -], (dedicated), having donat[ed] for the column [- - - denarii], when/since - - -

 

Images

 

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