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).
Fragment1
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).
Fragment2
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); Solomonik1960, 16 (объединение с новым фрагментом); НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 7.
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</div>Commentaries
Bull.ép. 1964, 313.
Apparatus criticus
2:
Λ. [Κορ]νήλιον Πο[ύδητα]IOSPE I2
6:
[χρήμασιν αὐτοῦ]Solomonik1964
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 - - -].
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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