III 34. Chersonesos.Decree, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.89.0, W.27.0, Th.12.0.

Additional description

Top right corner of a panel adorned with pediment and acroteria. A relief (traces of a male head, snake) on the pediment. The epigraphic field is framed by wide profiled relief border. The front is polished, the back is roughly picked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

At the doors of Uvarov Basilica, on the south side. 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1919 by M.K. Skubetov (НА НЗХТ, archive of Moiseyev, д.1562/2, л. 40 сл.; cf. Solomonik 1983, 68, note 7). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4496. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, large theta with attached crossbar, small omicron, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, ligatures. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 5. 

Edition

[ἀγαθᾶι τύ]χαι
[πρόεδροι Χερ]σονασσειτᾶν τᾶ̣ν
[ποτὶ τᾶι Ταυρικᾶι εἶπ]αν· ἐπειδὴ Νοουέλ-
[λιος---]νος, νεανίας εὐγενὴς
5[---διά]σ̣αμός τε καὶ ἐν τᾶ[ι]
[πόλει ἁμῶν?---]α̣τα λαμπρότατα
[---] δ̣ιὰ τὰν ἐπιείκειαν τοῦ
[---]νων ἐπιδαμήσας
[παρ’ ἁμὲς...εὐγ]νώμονα καὶ φιλά-
10[νθρωπον?---ἐπι]δαμίαν ἐποά<σ>ατο
[---]ως περὶ πατρίδα
[---]άμενος καὶ περὶ
[τὰν Χερσονασσειτᾶ]ν πόλιν ἄοκνον
[ἑαυτὸν---ἐ]ν̣ πᾶσιν τοῖς διαφέ-
15[ρουσι τῇ πόλει---παρέσ]χ̣ετο, ἔναγχος δὲ
[---]ΙΤΑ γνασίου ἐπὶ
[---] κ̣αὶ περὶ τροφῶν
[---ἐ]σ̣πούδασεν οἰκεί-
[ως---]κε ἀναλώμασιν εἰς
20[---]ν τοῦ σείτου χρασά-
[μενος---]τ̣ον ἀποκαταστάσας
[---] πόλει ἐπιτήδειον
[---ὐπ]ηρεσίαν ὡς κε τὰν
[---συ?]ναισθήσει γενόμε-
25[νος---]ας τοῦ ἀνδρὸς
[---]ν̣ην τὸν ἄνδρα
[---τᾶ]ς̣ βουλᾶς καὶ τοῦ
[δάμου---] α̣ὐτὸν νομίσαι τᾶς
[---πολ]ιτήας καὶ πάσας
30[---ἀμ]οιβᾶς τᾶς τοῖς ...
[---] τῶν εὐ πεπον[η-]
[κότων---]. 6.
[---]

10: orig. ΕΠΟΑΙΑΤΟ

Diplomatic

[........]ΧΑΙ
[...........]ΣΟΝΑΣΣΕΙΤΑΝΤ.Ν
[..................]ΑΝΕΠΕΙΔΗΝΟΟΥΕΛ
[....---]ΝΟΣΝΕΑΝΙΑΣΕΥΓΕΝΗΣ
5[---...].ΑΜΟΣΤΕΚΑΙΕΝΤΑ[.]
[.........---].ΤΑΛΑΜΠΡΟΤΑΤΑ
[---].ΙΑΤΑΝΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΑΝΤΟΥ
[---]ΝΩΝΕΠΙΔΑΜΗΣΑΣ
[........···...]ΝΩΜΟΝΑΚΑΙΦΙΛΑ
10[.......---...]ΔΑΜΙΑΝΕΠΟΑΙΑΤΟ
[---]ΩΣΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ
[---]ΑΜΕΝΟΣΚΑΙΠΕΡΙ
[................]ΝΠΟΛΙΝΑΟΚΝΟΝ
[......---.].ΠΑΣΙΝΤΟΙΣΔΙΑΦΕ
15[............---.....].ΕΤΟΕΝΑΓΧΟΣΔΕ
[---]ΙΤΑΓΝΑΣΙΟΥΕΠΙ
[---].ΑΙΠΕΡΙΤΡΟΦΩΝ
[---.].ΠΟΥΔΑΣΕΝΟΙΚΕΙ
[..---]ΚΕΑΝΑΛΩΜΑΣΙΝΕΙΣ
20[---]ΝΤΟΥΣΕΙΤΟΥΧΡΑΣΑ
[.....---].ΟΝΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΑΣ
[---]ΠΟΛΕΙΕΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΝ
[---..]ΗΡΕΣΙΑΝΩΣΚΕΤΑΝ
[---..]ΝΑΙΣΘΗΣΕΙΓΕΝΟΜΕ
25[...---]ΑΣΤΟΥΑΝΔΡΟΣ
[---].ΗΝΤΟΝΑΝΔΡΑ
[---..].ΒΟΥΛΑΣΚΑΙΤΟΥ
[.....---].ΥΤΟΝΝΟΜΙΣΑΙΤΑΣ
[---...]ΙΤΗΑΣΚΑΙΠΑΣΑΣ
30[---..]ΟΙΒΑΣΤΑΣΤΟΙΣ···
[---]ΤΩΝΕΥΠΕΠΟΝ[.-]
[.....---]······
[---]

10: orig. ΕΠΟΑΙΑΤΟ

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Commentaries

Solomonik1990, 31, № 31. 

 
Apparatus criticus

3-4: Νοουέλ/[λιος] scripsi; Νοουμ[ή/νιος] Жебелев ap.Solomonik1964; Νοουέν[ιος] corr.Solomonik1964
5: [διά]σ̣αμός scripsi; [ἔνδ]αμος edd.
6: in.: [πόλει ἁμῶν? - - -] τὰ λαμπρότατα Жебелев ap.Solomonik1964; [- - -]α̣τα scripsi; [- - - πράγμ]α̣τα
7: δ̣ιὰ scripsi; τὰ Жебелев (архив)
8: in.: [βίου?]
9: in.: [παρ’ ἁμὲς]
9-10: φιλά/[νθρωπον?] scripsi; φιλά/[γαθον?] Жебелев ap.Solomonik1964
10: ΕΠΟΑΙΑΤΟ lapis
13-15: restitui
16: [πά]ν̣τα (?)
17: κ̣αὶ scripsi; αι edd.
24: in.: [ταχίσταν (?)] scripserim; med.: [(?) συ]ναισθήσει proposui; [- - -] αἰσθήσει Жебелев (архив); [- - -]ν̣ αἰσθήσειSolomonik1964
30: in.: vel [ἀμ]οιβὰς τὰς; τοῖς - - - ΥSolomonik1964
32: fin.: vestigia [- - -]ΥΟΥΣΣΠ (?)Solomonik1964

Translation

[Good fort]une. [Proedroi of Cher]sonesites [who are near Tauris propo]sed: since Novel[lios, (son of)...] a noble-born young man [---] eminent and also in [our city?...] most brilliant [---] due to fairness [---] having resided [with us? ---] considerate and [generous?] made his sojourn [---]

with respect to the fatherland [---] and with respect to the polis of [Chersonesit]es [offered himself] without hesitation in all important matters [to the polis], and lately [---] genuine [---] about food provisions took care in a manner of a local [---] expenses for [...] of bread [---] restored [---] necessary for the city [---] service [---] of this man [---] this man [---] Council and the [People...] consider him [---] of citizenship and every [---] respective (award?) [---] of those who had laboured well [---]

 

Commentary

Frequent ligatures.

 

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