III 172. Chersonesos.Hymn to Hermes, late I - 1st half of II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.48.0, W.74.0, Th.8.0.
Additional description
The front is polished. Six-line inscription cut following ruled lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Northeast sector of Chersonesos, near Uvarov Basilica, Medieval building, wall masonry.
Find circumstances
Found in 1904, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 13, л. 19).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4497.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
All triangular letters have projecting right hasta, cursive mu;word divisions, word divisions in the shape of ivy leaves; absence of serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
1.7
Text
Category
Hymn.
Date
Late I - 1st half of II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev1905b; IOSPE I2 436.
[--- ἄγγελον ἀθανάτων κ]α̣ὶ χθονίων
πρύτανιν. [---] αὐτὸς ἐπεὶ θνα-
τῶν κλᾷδας ἔχει βιότου· τοὔνεκά μ̣ιν καλέουσ’ ἐριούνιον, οἱ δ’ ἀκακήτην πλου-
τοδόταν, ἀγαθῶν δώτορα καὶ σοφίης· εἵλαος ἔρχεο πᾶσιν, ὅσοι κλυτὸν ἄστυ τὸ
5Δώρου ναίουσιν, μακάρων οὔποτε ληθόμενοι· Θεοφίλου υἱὸς ἔθηκ’ ἐπινείκ[ι-]
α γυμνασιάρχης Δημοτέλης· σώζοις δ’ ἔξοχα τήνδε πόλιν.
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<supplied reason="lost">ἄγγελον ἀθανάτων</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">κ</supplied><unclear>α</unclear>ὶ χθονίων
<lb n="2"/>πρύτανιν. <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> αὐτὸς ἐπεὶ θνα
<lb n="3" break="no"/>τῶν κλᾷδας ἔχει βιότου· τοὔνεκά
<unclear>μ</unclear>ιν <w part="I">καλέουσ’</w> ἐριούνιον, οἱ <w part="I">δ’</w> ἀκακήτην πλου
<lb n="4" break="no"/>τοδόταν, ἀγαθῶν δώτορα καὶ σοφίης· εἵλαος
ἔρχεο πᾶσιν, ὅσοι κλυτὸν ἄστυ τὸ
<lb n="5"/>Δώρου ναίουσιν, μακάρων οὔποτε ληθόμενοι·
Θεοφίλου υἱὸς <w part="I">ἔθηκ’</w> ἐπινείκ<supplied reason="lost">ι</supplied>
<lb n="6" break="no"/>α γυμνασιάρχης Δημοτέλης·
σώζοις <w part="I">δ’</w> ἔξοχα τήνδε πόλιν.
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Commentaries
Robert1980, 413; Solomonik1990, 63, № 54; Rusyaeva, Zubar2004, 350.
Apparatus criticus
3: [μ]ινIOSPE; μιν ed. pr.
Translation
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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