III 16. Chersonesos. Decree honouring Pharnakes of Amastris, late I - early II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 27.0, W. 34.0, Th. 10.0.

Additional description

The right edge is partially preserved. The front is carefully, and the back summarily worked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

East sector of the citadel, to the right of the Main street. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1888, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 1, № 2; д. 17, л. 2, № 2). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3618. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Narrow, slightly elongated letters. Alpha with slanting crossbar.; word divisions,  

Letterheights (cm)

1.4

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Late I - early II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, onomastics, prosopography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1891, 26, № 32; Latyshev 1892a, 368; IOSPE IV 69; IOSPE I2 358. 

Edition

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[. c. 4.πάσαις ἀρεταῖς κε]κοσμαμένον .[---]
[---].ραθέντα καθᾶκον ἔμμεν ἀναλόγ̣ω̣ς̣ ἐ̣[παι-]
[νεῖσθαι δι’ ὅ] δεδόχθαι τᾶι βουλᾶι καὶ τῶι δάμωι ἐπαιν[έ-]
[σαι μὲν ἐπὶ τούτ]οις Φαρνάκην Φαρνάκους Ἀμαστριανόν δόμεν δὲ
5[αὐτῶι προξενίας] πολειτείαν ἔσπλουν τε καὶ ἔκπλουν ἐν εἰ--
[ράναι καὶ πολέμωι ἀ]συλεὶ ἀσπονδεὶ αὐτῷ τε καὶ ἐκγόνοις καὶ χρά-
[μασιν μετοχ]άν τε πάντων ὧν καὶ Χερσονασείταις τὸ
[δὲ ψάφισμ]α τοῦτο ἀναγραφᾶμεν λευκολίθου
[στάλαι καὶ θέμεν] ἐν τῶι ἐπισαμοτάτωι τᾶς ἀκροπόλιο[ς]
10[τόπωι ταῦτ’ ἔδοξε] βουλᾶι δάμωι βασιλεούσας Παρ[θέ-]
[νου ἔτεος ... ἱερέ]ω̣ς δὲ Τίτου Φλαουίου Ἀρίστων̣[ος υἱ]
[οῦ Φλαουίου Ἀγεπόλ]εως μηνὸς Λυκείου κ´ [γραμμα-]
[τεύοντος ---]γ̣ε̣ίτου Τελδ̣άμο̣[υ ---]
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Diplomatic

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[····...............]ΚΟΣΜΑΜΕΝΟΝ·[---]
[---]·ΡΑΘΕΝΤΑΚΑΘΑΚΟΝΕΜΜΕΝΑΝΑΛΟ....[...-]
[...........]ΔΕΔΟΧΘΑΙΤΑΙΒΟΥΛΑΙΚΑΙΤΩΙΔΑΜΩΙΕΠΑΙΝ[.-]
[.............]ΟΙΣΦΑΡΝΑΚΗΝΦΑΡΝΑΚΟΥΣΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΑΝΟΝΔΟΜΕΝΔΕ
5[..............]ΠΟΛΕΙΤΕΙΑΝΕΣΠΛΟΥΝΤΕΚΑΙΕΚΠΛΟΥΝΕΝΕΙ-
[................]ΣΥΛΕΙΑΣΠΟΝΔΕΙΑΥΤΩΤΕΚΑΙΕΚΓΟΝΟΙΣΚΑΙΧΡΑ
[..........]ΑΝΤΕΠΑΝΤΩΝΩΝΚΑΙΧΕΡΣΟΝΑΣΕΙΤΑΙΣΤΟ
[........]ΑΤΟΥΤΟΑΝΑΓΡΑΦΑΜΕΝΛΕΥΚΟΛΙΘΟΥ
[..............]ΕΝΤΩΙΕΠΙΣΑΜΟΤΑΤΩΙΤΑΣΑΚΡΟΠΟΛΙΟ[.]
10[...............]ΒΟΥΛΑΙΔΑΜΩΙΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΥΣΑΣΠΑΡ[..-]
[........···....].ΣΔΕΤΙΤΟΥΦΛΑΟΥΙΟΥΑΡΙΣΤΩ.[....]
[.......... ......]ΕΩΣΜΗΝΟΣΛΥΚΕΙΟΥΚ[......-]
[........---]..ΙΤΟΥΤΕΛ.ΑΜ.[.---]
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Commentaries

Mishchenko 1890, 139; Latyshev 1895, 79, ad № 32 (1811); Latyshev 1907, 57, ad № 70; Tyumenev 1950, 18; Solomonik 1990, 32 № 24; Avram 2013, № 174; Makarov 2015, 220, approx. 49. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: om. edd.
2: [τὸ]ν̣ ῥαθέντα, vel π̣ραθέντα; [- - -ω̣ι̣] ῥαθέντα IOSPE I2
3-4: scripsi ἐπαιν[ῆσθαι] IOSPE I2
11: ἱερέ]ος IOSPE I2; Ἀρίστω[νος IOSPE I2
13: scripsi [τεύοντος τᾶς βουλᾶς ? Ἡρο]γ̣είτου Τελδ[ά]μ[ου - - -] IOSPE I2

Translation

[- - -we decided that...] adorned [with all virtues] [should receive[ a fitting [praise; and for this reason] the Council and] the People shall decide to praise, [because of these], Pharnakes, (son of) Pharnakes, citizen of Amastris, to grant him citizenship on the grounds [of proxeny], the right of sailing in and out of the harbour without a threat of confiscation and without formal treaty, [in peace time and in war time], for him, his descendants and his go[ods, as well as a share] in all the rights of the Chersonesites; to inscribe [this decision on a stele] of white stone and [set it up] in the most prominent place of the acropolis. [This was decided] by the Council and the People, in the ... year, in the reign of Par[thenos], when Titus Flavius Ariston, [(son of) Flavius Agepo]lis was priest, on the 20th? of the month of Lykeios, when [---]geitos, (son of) Teldamos? [was secretary].

 

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