III 156. Chersonesos.Honorific decree of Sosike, I century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.15.5, W.21.0, Th.4.0.
Additional description
Broken off on all sides except the bottom. On the front" four-line inscription cut following ruled lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Central part of the cidadel, square of St. Vladimir cathedral (southeast corner, {при зачистке} to bedrock).
Find circumstances
Found in 1896, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 5, л. 6, № 129; д. 25, л. 3, № 129).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35093.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Slightly elongated letterstrokes, alpha with broken crossbar, delta with slightly projecting right hasta, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, narrow oval omicron and omega; small serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
2.7
Text
Category
Honorific inscription.
Date
I century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography, explicit date.
Editions
Latyshev1899, 11, № 7; IOSPE IV 92; IOSPE I2 430.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<supplied reason="lost">Σω</supplied><unclear>σ</unclear>ίκαν
<seg part="I">Ξα<supplied reason="lost">νθ</supplied></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">γυναῖκ</supplied><unclear>α</unclear> δὲ
<seg part="I">Ἀπολλω<supplied reason="lost">ν</supplied></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">ἱερ</supplied><unclear>α</unclear>τεύσασαν
<lb n="4"/><supplied reason="lost">ἔτεος</supplied> ἑξηκοστοῦ καὶ
<w part="I">τ</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="5"/><space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
0-1:
scripsi
[ὁ δᾶμος Σω]σ̣ίκαν Ξά[νθου]IOSPE I2
2:
Ἀπολλω̣[νίου] edd.
4:
fin.: τ[ρίτου] aut τ[ετάρτου] edd.
5:
vacat;
om.IOSPE I2
Translation
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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