III 167. Chersonesos.Statue identification with honours for Sextus Octavius Fronto, 91/92 - 97 C.E.

Monument

Type

Base. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.22.0, W.73.0, Th.61.0.

Additional description

On the top surface - two depressions for the feet of the statue. On the front, a four-line inscription is fully preserved. The sides and back and well worked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Balaklava). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1886 in Balaklava, near the French cemetery. Acquired in 1887 by P.P. Vacquier (see Latyshev 1890, 139) and transferred to the Historical Museum (now State Historical Museum, Moscow). 

Modern location

Moscow, Russia. 

Institution and inventory

State Historical Museum, 78607. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters somewhat leaning to the right, alpha with broken crossbar, wide delta, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0

Text

Category

Honorific inscription. 

Date

91/92 - 97 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Historical context, prosopography. 

Editions

Latyshev1887, 66 (= Latyshev1887a, 164); IOSPE IV 93 (cf. Latyshev1890, 140; (= IGR I 862)); IOSPE I2 422. 

Edition

Σέξστον Ὀκτάουιον Φρόντωνα πρεσβευ-
τὴν καὶ ἀντιστράτηγον Αὐτοκράτορος Δομε-
τιανοῦ Καίσαρος θεοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανι
κοῦ vac. 9 litt. ὁ δάμος

Diplomatic

ΣΕΞΣΤΟΝ ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΟΝ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΑΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ
ΤΗΝΚΑΙΑΝΤΙΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΝΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΔΟΜΕ
ΤΙΑΝΟΥΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣΘΕΟΥΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ
ΚΟΥ                  ΟΔΑΜΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Σέξστον 
      	     Ὀκτάουιον 
      	     Φρόντωνα πρεσβευ
      	<lb n="2" break="no"/>τὴν καὶ ἀντιστράτηγον Αὐτοκράτορος 
      	     Δομε
      	<lb n="3" break="no"/>τιανοῦ Καίσαρος θεοῦ Σεβαστοῦ 
      	     Γερμανι
      	<lb n="4"/>κοῦ <space quantity="9" unit="character" precision="low"/> ὁ δάμος
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Minns1913, 523; Stein1940, 58; McCrum, Woodhead1961, 310; Kadeev1981, 24; Solomonik1990, 31, № 21; Zubar1994, 30; Кадеев 1996, 12; Treister1999, 141, № 7 (28). 

Translation

People (set up the statue) for Sextus Octavius Fronto, legate and propraetor of emperor Domitian, caesar, god, Augustus Germanicus.

 

Images

 

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