III 15. Chersonesos.Decree honouring Gaius B[- - -], 2nd half of I - early II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.13.0, W.11.5, Th.7.5.

Additional description

Top left part of the panel. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Acquired by the Odessa Archaeological Society in 1877 or 1878 (see Yurgevich 1879a, 314, footnote *). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3356. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, cursive sigma. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.4

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

2nd half of I - early II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Yurgevich1879a, 314, № 2; IOSPE I 188; IOSPE I2 367. 

Edition

[πρ]όεδροι Χε̣[ρσονασειτᾶν τᾶν ποτὶ τᾶι Ταυρικᾶι εἶπαν]·
[ἐπε]ι̣δὴ Γάιος Ου̣[---]
[---] ἀ̣νὴρ καὶ .[---]
[---]ν παρ’ [ἁμὲς? ---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[..]ΟΕΔΡΟΙΧ.[..................................]
[...].ΔΗΓΑΙΟΣΟ.[---]
[---].ΝΗΡΚΑΙ·[---]
[---]ΝΠΑΡ[....---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">πρ</supplied>όεδροι 
            Χ<unclear>ε</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ρσονασειτᾶν</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">τᾶν ποτὶ τᾶι 
            Ταυρικᾶι εἶπαν</supplied>·
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Apparatus criticus

2: Ο[- - - ἀγαθός]IOSPE
3: [ἐστιν ἀ]νὴρ καὶ [πρόθυμος ? - - -]IOSPE
4: παρ’ [ἁμὲς ? - - -] scripsi; [- - - - - -]ν παρα [- - -]IOSPE

Translation

Proedroi of Chersonesites [who are near Tauris, proposed]: since Gaius Ou[- - -] man and [- - -] by our side [- - -].

 

Images

 

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