III 20. Chersonesos. Decree honouring a man of Sinope, 1st half - middle of II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 19.0, W. 38.0, Th. 6.0.

Additional description

Two joining fragments. Fragment 1 (right) subsequently split in half. The left edge with relief border is partially preserved. The epigraphic field is dented and effaced. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 20310 (1/36504). 

Fragment 1

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, near the Eastern Basilica. 

Find circumstances

Fragment 1 (right) found in 1909, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 102, № 3325; cf. Grinevich 1930, 60). 

Fragment 2

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of Chersonesos, Block XV, fill of cistern E near Xth cross street. 

Find circumstances

Fragment 2 (left) found in 1940, excavations of G.D. Belov (НА НЗХТ, д. 624, л. 17 сл.; Belov, Yakobson 1953, 121). 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Cursive epsilon, sigma, omega; round omicron, pi with even verticals and the horizontal hardly extended; light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

1st half - middle of II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 697 (fr. 1); Solomonik 1960, 16 (объединение с новым фрагментом); НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 7. 

Edition

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δεδόχθαι τᾷ βου[λᾷ καὶ τῷ δάμ]ωι [παινέ-]
σαι μὲν ἐπὶ τούτοις Λ(ούκιον) [Κορ]νήλιον Πο[ντι-]
ανὸν Σινωπέ[α], δόμεν δὲ αὐτῷ π[ροξε-]
[ν]ίας πολειτε[ίαν], [εἴσ]πλουν τε καὶ [ἔκπλουν]
5[ἐ]ν εἰράνᾳ καὶ [πολέμῳ ἀσ]υλεί, ἀσ[πονδεὶ]
[αὐτῷ τε καὶ ἐκγόνοις καὶ χράμα]σ[ιν αὐτοῦ]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
ΔΕΔΟΧΘΑΙΤΑΒΟΥ[..........]ΩΙΕ[.....-]
ΣΑΙΜΕΝΕΠΙΤΟΥΤΟΙΣΛ[...]ΝΗΛΙΟΝΠΟ[...-]
ΑΝΟΝΣΙΝΩΠΕ[.]ΔΟΜΕΝΔΕΑΥΤΩΠ[....-]
[.]ΙΑΣΠΟΛΕΙΤΕ[......]ΠΛΟΥΝΤΕΚΑΙ[.......]
5[.]ΝΕΙΡΑΝΑΚΑΙ[........]ΥΛΕΙΑΣ[......]
[.........................]Σ[.......]
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EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Bull.ép. 1964, 313. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: Λ. [Κορ]νήλιον Πο[ύδητα] IOSPE I2
6: [χρήμασιν αὐτοῦ] Solomonik 1964

Translation

[- - - the Coun[cil and the Pe]ople shall deem it good: [to praise], because of these, L(ucius) [Cor]nelius Po[---]anos, citizen of Sinope, and grant him citizenship [on the grounds of proxeny], the right of sailing in and [out of the harbour] in the time of peace and [in the time of war] without a threat of confiscation and without [formal treaty], [for him, his descendants and his goo]d[s - - -].

 

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