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.
[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..[---]
[........................].ΟΥΜΕ[..................]
[........................]ΑΙΣΜΕΤΕΣ[................-]
[........................]ΤΑΛΑΙΚΑ[.................-]
[......................]ΑΥΤΕΔΟΞΕΒΟ[.............-]
5[.......................]ΟΘΙΕΡΕΩΣΔΕʼΑΡ[---]
[.....---......]ΤΕΥΟΝΤΟΣΒΟΙΣ[...---.....-]
[....................]ΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΠΑΡ.[....---]
[---]··.··[---]
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</div>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 - - -]...
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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