III 18. Chersonesos.Decree, ca. mid-II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.15.0, W.8.0, Th.8.5.

Additional description

Partially preserved top right corner with relief border. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos (Block 1, Enclosure 9, masonry). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1975, excavations of M.I. Zolotarev. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 257/36910. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Wide eta with detached horizontal, pi with extended horizontal, wide sigma; ligatures, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5 - 1.9

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Ca. mid-II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1978, 79, № 9. 

Edition

[πρόεδροι Χερσονασιτᾶν τᾶν ποτὶ] τ̣ᾶι Τα̣[υρικᾶι]
[εἶπαν· ἐπειδὴ ---]ος ʼΑμ̣[αστρι-]
[ανὸς? --- ἀ]ν̣ὴρ vac. 1 litt. [---]
[--- περὶ τ]ὰν πό[λιν]
5[ἁμῶν ---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[...........................].ΑΙΤ.[......]
[............---]ΟΣʼΑ.[.....-]
[....---.].ΗΡ  [---]
[---.....]ΑΝΠΟ[...]
5[....---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

SEG 28, 632. 

 
Apparatus criticus

3: [- - ἀγαθός ἐστι ἀ]ν̣ὴρ ed.pr.
4: [- - - εὔνους ὢν διατελεῖ περὶ τ]ὰν πό[λιν] ed.pr.

Translation

[Proedroi of Chersonesites who are near] Ta[uris, proposed: since - - -,] citizen of Am[astris] - - - man - - - po[lis- - -].

 

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