III 37. Chersonesos.Decree, II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.14.5, W.19.5, Th.4.0.
Additional description
Broken off on all sides. The front is polished. Six-line inscription cut following ruled lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Fragment 1 (right): northeast sector (near the Eastern and Uvarov (№ 23) Basilicae. Fragment 2 (left): east of Main street.
Find circumstances
Fragment 1 (right) probably found in 1879-1880, excavations of the Odessa Society for History and Antiquities. Fragment 2 (left) found in 1888, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 1, № 2; д. 17, л. 2, № 2).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35118.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Delta and lambda with strongly projecting right diagonal; horseshoe omega; light serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
1.5
Text
Category
Decree.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Fr.1. Yurgevich1881a, 221, № 4; IOSPE I 192. Fr.2. Latyshev1891b, 27, № 33; IOSPE IV 75; IOSPE I2 382.
[--- ἔσπλουν τε]
[καὶ ἔκπλ]ουν ἐ̣[ν εἰράνᾳ καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ ἀσυλεὶ καὶ]
[ἀσπονδ]εὶ αὐτ̣[ῷ τε κ]αὶ ἐκ [γόνοις αὐτοῦ καὶ χράμασι],
[μετοχάν τ]ε πάν[τ]ων τῶν ἐν̣ [τᾷ πόλει ὧν καὶ Χερσονασεί-]
5[ταις μέτ]εστι· τὸ δὲ ψάφισμ[α τοῦτο ἀναγραφᾶμεν λευκο-]
[λίθου σ]τάλᾳ καὶ θέμεν ἐ[ν τῷ ἐπισαμοτάτῳ τᾶς ἀκροπό-]
[λιος τό]πῳ· ταῦτ’ ἔδοξε [---]
[---]
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</div>Apparatus criticus
1: ἐ̣[ν scripsi; [ἐν]IOSPE
Translation
[- - - (and grant him) ... the right of sailing in and sai]ling out of the harbour in peace time and in war time, without a threat of confiscation and without a formal treaty,] for him, his des[cendants and his goods, as well as a share in] all the things shared by the Chersonesites; to inscribe] this decision on a] stele pof white stone] and set it up [in the most prominent place of the acropolis.] This was decided [- - -].
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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