III 27. Chersonesos.Decree honouring naukleros Satyros, 1st half of II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.20.0, W.42.0, Th.6.0.

Additional description

Top left part of the panel, with pediment in relief. The panel is split into five pieces, of which four are in the museum repository, while the right bottom one is lost. The front is polished. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, near Uvarov Basilica, in a wall of a building. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1904, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 13, л. 20; д. 33, л. 4, № 256). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34924. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Round theta with detached crossbar, small round omicron; word divisions, large serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5 (в стк. 1 - 3 см).

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

1st half of II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1905, 104, № 12; IOSPE I2 366. 

Edition

ἀγαθᾶι τ[ύχαι]·
[πρό]εδροι Χερσονασειτᾶν τᾶν ποτὶ τ[ᾶι Ταυρικᾶι εἶπαν· ἐπειδὴ]
[Σά]τ̣υρος Ἡράκου ναύκλαρος ἀνὴ[ρ ---]
[. c. 2.]ε γενναῖος κάλ̣λ̣[ιστα] ἐ̣πηγ̣[γελμένος --- τᾶς]
5[πόλε]ος ἁμῶν [---]
[---] ..[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

ΑΓΑΘΑΙΤ[....]
[...]ΕΔΡΟΙΧΕΡΣΟΝΑΣΕΙΤΑΝΤΑΝΠΟΤΙΤ[......................]
[..].ΥΡΟΣ ΗΡΑΚΟΥΝΑΥΚΛΑΡΟΣΑΝΗ[.---]
[··]ΕΓΕΝΝΑΙΟΣΚΑ..[....].ΠΗ.[........---...]
5[....]ΟΣΑΜΩΝ[---]
[---]··[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

3: ἀνὴ[ρ ἀγαθός ἐστι - - -]Latyshev; ἀνὴ[ρ ἀγαθὸς - - -]IOSPE
3-4: e.g.: [πέφα/[ν]ε vel sim
4: scripsi κά[. . . . . . . ἐ]πηγ̣[γείλατο ? - - - τᾶς]IOSPE
5: e.g.: [τὰν τᾶς / πόλε]ος ἁμῶν [ἀναστροφάν - - -]

Translation

Good fortune.

[Pro]edroi of Chersonesites who are near [Tauris proposed: since Sa]tyros, (son of) Herakos, a naukleros, man [---] noble [---] prom[issing] the best [things ---] our city [---].

 

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