III 153. Chersonesos.Honorific inscription, III century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Base. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.15.0, W.10.0, Th.4.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, near Curtain Walls 26 and 27 of the fortification walls. 

Find circumstances

Found 1904, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 33, л. 4, № 259 ("near the fortification wall, in front of the museum"); д. 13, № 246 ("excavtions between the dungeon and the repository of antiquities"); cf. Latyshev 1905, 110, № 23: "in the square in front of the museum"). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34918. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Mu with outward slanting outer hastae; absence of decorative elements at the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Honorific inscription. 

Date

III century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1905, 110, № 23 (= IOSPE I2 464). 

Edition

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[δα]μ̣ιορ-
[γήσαντα]
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Diplomatic

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EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">δα</supplied><unclear>μ</unclear>ιορ 
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Commentaries

Kadeev1981, 78. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1-2: [δαμ]ιορ|[γήσαντα] edd.

Translation

 

Images

 

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