III 38. Chersonesos.Decree, II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.11.0, W.8.0, Th.5.5.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Northeast sector of Chersonesos, Enclosure XX.
Find circumstances
Found in 1909, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 102; д. 70, л. 5, 10/04/09; д. 112, л. 42).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 20304.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Upper and lower bars of epsilon extend leftwards beyond the vertical; word divisions; serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
1.0
Text
Category
Decree.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
IOSPE I2 698.
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<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">μετοχ</supplied>άν
<space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">τε πάντων ὧν καὶ τοῖς</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">Χερσονασείτ</supplied><unclear>α</unclear>ις μέ
<lb n="3" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">τεστι</supplied>· <supplied reason="lost">τὸ δὲ ψάφισμα τοῦτο</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">ἀναγραφᾶμε</supplied><unclear>ν</unclear> <g ref="#stop"/> λευ
<lb n="4" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">κολίθου</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">στάλαι καὶ θέμεν ἐν τῷ</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">ἐπισαμοτ</supplied>άτῳ <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="5"/><supplied reason="lost">τᾶς πόλιος τόπῳ· ταῦτ’ ἔδοξε</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">βουλ</supplied>ᾶι <g ref="#stop"/> δάμωι,
<lb n="6"/><supplied reason="lost">βασιλευούσας Παρθένου, ἔτεος</supplied>
<num><gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/></num> <supplied reason="lost">ἱερέως δὲ</supplied>
<seg part="I">Στεφα
<lb n="7" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ν</supplied></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΩΣ<unclear>Υ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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Apparatus criticus
6-7: scripsi [βασιλευούσας Παρθένου, ἱερέως δὲ] Στεφά/[νου τοῦ - - - ἔτεος - - - μηνὸς - - -]IOSPE I2
Translation
[- - - as well as a sha]re [in all the things sha[red by the Chersonesi]tes; to inscribe this decision on a stele of] whi[te stone and set it up in the] most [prominent place of the acropolis. This was decided by the Counc]il and the People, [in the reign of Parthenos, in ... year, when the priest was] Stepha[- - - ]...
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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