III 162. Chersonesos.Honorific decree of Laodike, II century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.11.0, W.23.5, Th.3.0.

Additional description

Fully preserved. Five-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos ("excavations inside the monastery walls, Enclosure 11, under the floor." 

Find circumstances

Found in 1912, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 106, л. 29, № 1720; д. 87, л. 23, 20/08/12). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3632. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, alpha with slanting crossbar, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, cursive omega; word divisions, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.8 (в последней стк. около 1 см)

Text

Category

Honorific inscription. 

Date

II century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, prosopography. 

Editions

Latyshev1915, 28, № 1 (= IOSPE I2 432). 

Edition

Λαοδίκην θυγατέρα Τ(ίτου) Φ(λαουίου)
Ἀπολλωνίου υἱοῦ Τ(ίτου) Φ(λαουίου) Ἀρί-
στωνος Τ(ίτος) Φ(λάουιος) Ἀρίστων καὶ Τ(ίτος) Φ(λάουιος)
Ἀττίνας τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀδελφὴν
5ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων

Diplomatic

ΛΑΟΔΙΚΗΝΘΥΓΑΤΕΡΑΤΦ
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥΥΙΟΥΤΦΑΡΙ
ΣΤΩΝΟΣΤΦΑΡΙΣΤΩΝΚΑΙΤΦ
ΑΤΤΙΝΑΣΤΗΝΕΑΥΤΩΝΑΔΕΛΦΗΝ
5ΕΚΤΩΝΙΔΙΩΝ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Λαοδίκην θυγατέρα
         <expan><abbr>Τ</abbr><ex>ίτου</ex></expan>            
         <expan><abbr>Φ</abbr><ex>λαουίου</ex></expan>
      <lb n="2"/>Ἀπολλωνίου υἱοῦ  
         <expan><abbr>Τ</abbr><ex>ίτου</ex></expan>  
         <expan><abbr>Φ</abbr><ex>λαουίου</ex></expan> 
         Ἀρί
      <lb n="3" break="no"/>στωνος 
         <expan><abbr>Τ</abbr><ex>ίτος</ex></expan> 
         <expan><abbr>Φ</abbr><ex>λάουιος</ex></expan> 
         Ἀρίστων καὶ 
         <expan><abbr>Τ</abbr><ex>ίτος</ex></expan> 
         <expan><abbr>Φ</abbr><ex>λάουιος</ex></expan>
      <lb n="4"/>Ἀττίνας τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀδελφὴν
      <lb n="5"/>ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων
   </ab>
   </div>
 
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(cc)© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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