III 30. Chersonesos.Decree, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.9.2, W.10.5, Th.6.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. The front is planed, but not polished. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the cidadel, in the square of St. Vladimir cathedral. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 2, № 46; д. 20, л. 3 № 46). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34882. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Upper and lower hastae of epsilon extend leftwards beyond the vertical; large serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1892, 33, № 19 (= IOSPE IV 159; IOSPE I2 613); НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 115. 

Edition

[---δόμεν δὲ αὐτῶι προξενίας πολειτείαν],
[ἔσπλο]υ̣ν τε κ[αὶ ἔκπλουν ἐν εἰράναι καὶ πολέμωι ἀσυλεὶ]
[ἀσπο]νδεὶ αὐ̣[τῶι τε καὶ ἐκγόνοις καὶ χράμασι αὐτοῦ],
[μετο]χ̣άν τε̣ [πάντων τῶν ἐν τᾷ πόλει ὧν καὶ Χερσο-]
[νασείταις μέτεστιν]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---...............................]
[.....].ΝΤΕΚ[..................................]
[....]ΝΔΕΙΑ.[...............................]
[....].ΑΝΤ.[............................-]
[.................]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">δόμεν δὲ αὐτῶι προξενίας 
      		       πολειτείαν</supplied>,
      		<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">ἔσπλο</supplied><unclear>υ</unclear>ν τε κ<supplied reason="lost">αὶ</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">ἔκπλουν ἐν εἰράναι καὶ πολέμωι ἀσυλεὶ</supplied>
      		<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">ἀσπο</supplied>νδεὶ α<unclear>ὐ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">τῶι</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">τε καὶ ἐκγόνοις καὶ χράμασι αὐτοῦ</supplied>,
      		<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">μετο</supplied><unclear>χ</unclear>άν τ<unclear>ε</unclear> 
            <supplied reason="lost">πάντων τῶν ἐν τᾷ πόλει ὧν καὶ</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Χερσο</supplied>
      		<lb n="4" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">νασείταις</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">μέτεστιν</supplied>
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Translation

[- - - grant him citizenship on the grounds of proxeny], the right of [saili]ng in and out of the harbour without a threat of confiscation] and without a formal tr]eaty, [in peace time and in war time,] for him, [his descendants and his goods, as well as a sha]re [in all the things shared by the Chersonesites - - -].

 

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