III 33. Chersonesos.Decree, 154/5 C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.17.0, W.18.0, Th.8.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, harbour area. 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1989. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 71/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Deeply cut letter, large oval omicron and omega; ligatures, serifs and flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

154/5 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Explicit date. 

Editions

Solomonik1996, 47, № 5. 

Edition

[---]
[καὶ ἐκγόνοις καὶ χράμασιν αὐ]τ̣οῦ, με[τοχάν τε πάντων τῶν ἐν]
[τᾷ πόλει, ὧν καὶ Χερσονασείτ]αις μέτεσ[τι]· [τὸ δὲ ψάφισμα τοῦ-]
[το ἀναγραφᾶμεν λευκολίθου σ]τάλαι κα[ὶ θέμεν ἐν τῷ ἐπισαμο-]
[τάτῳ τᾶς ἀκροπόλιος τόπῳ]· [τ]αῦτ’ ἔδοξε βο[υλᾶι δάμωι βασι-]
5[λευούσας Παρθένου, ἔτεος ρ]οθ´, ἱερέως δὲ ʼΑρ[---]
[μηνὸς --- γραμμα]τεύοντος Βοΐσ[κου --- ἐσφρα-]
[γίσαντο]· [α´ στίχωι· θεὰ βα]σίλισσα Παρθ̣[ένος ---]
[---]..Ε̣..[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[........................].ΟΥΜΕ[..................]
[........................]ΑΙΣΜΕΤΕΣ[................-]
[........................]ΤΑΛΑΙΚΑ[.................-]
[......................]ΑΥΤΕΔΟΞΕΒΟ[.............-]
5[.......................]ΟΘΙΕΡΕΩΣΔΕʼΑΡ[---]
[.....---......]ΤΕΥΟΝΤΟΣΒΟΙΣ[...---.....-]
[....................]ΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΠΑΡ.[....---]
[---]··.··[---]

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Commentaries

SEG 46, 928. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: ΜΕ in ligatura
2: ΜΕ in ligatura
8: [- - -]ΝΙΕΒ̣Ο[- - -] ed. pr.

Translation

[- - - for him, his descendants and] his [goods, as well as a] sha[re in all the things] sha[red by the Chersonesites; to inscribe this decision on a s]tele [of white stone] and [set it up in the most prominent place of the acropolis. T]his was decided by the Cou[ncil and the People, in the reign of Parthenos, in [1]79th year, when the priest was Ar[- - - in tne month, - - - when the secre]tary Bois[kos - - - Applied their seals, in the first row: goddess qu]een Parth[enos - - -]...

 

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