III 40. Chersonesos.Decree honouring Pa[- - -], II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.47.0, W.32.0, Th.9.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides, except the right. The text is offset by a margin on the right. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the citadel, during the paving of the square around St. Vladimir cathedral. Found on the south side of Basilica № 26. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1898, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 27, л. 2, № 148; д. 7, л. 27, № 148). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3619. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, cursive omega; rho with unclosed loop; ligatures, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1899, 7, № 4 (= IOSPE IV 73); IOSPE I2 377. 

Edition

[---]
[---]..[---]
[---]ν̣ τε τὰν πα-
[---τὰ]ν ἔνφυτον
[αὐτῶι καλοκἀγαθίαν καὶ τὰν τᾶ]ς̣ ψυχᾶς ἀγα-
5[θότητα? ὡς ἀπὸ το]ῦ γένεος πο[λίτας]
[---δι’ ἃ] δεδόχθαι τᾷ βουλᾷ
[καὶ τῷ δάμῳ· ἐπαινέσαι μὲν ἐπ]ὶ̣ τούτοις πρότερον Πα-
[---δόμεν δὲ] αὐτῷ προξενίας
[πολιτείαν, ἔσπλουν τε καὶ ἔκ]πλουν ἐν εἰράνᾳ καὶ
10[ἐν πολέμῳ ἀσυλεὶ καὶ ἀσπονδε]ὶ αὐτῷ τε καὶ χρά-
[μασι]· [μέτοχόν τε εἶναι αὐτὸν π]άντων τῶν ἐν
[τᾷ πόλει, ὧνπερ μετέχειν ἔξεστι καὶ το]ῖς ἀ̣στοῖς
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]··[---]
[---].ΤΕΤΑΝΠΑ
[---..]ΝΕΝΦΥΤΟΝ
[.........................].ΨΥΧΑΣΑΓΑ
5[.............]ΥΓΕΝΕΟΣΠΟ[.....]
[---....]ΔΕΔΟΧΘΑΙΤΑΒΟΥΛΑ
[........................].ΤΟΥΤΟΙΣΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΝΠΑ
[---.......]ΑΥΤΩΠΡΟΞΕΝΙΑΣ
[........................]ΠΛΟΥΝΕΝΕΙΡΑΝΑΚΑΙ
10[........................]ΙΑΥΤΩΤΕΚΑΙΧΡΑ
[........................]ΑΝΤΩΝΤΩΝΕΝ
[................................]ΙΣ.ΣΤΟΙΣ
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Tyumenev1950, 18; Makarov2006, 97 (= SEG 56, 877). 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: Ν̣Τ in ligatura
3: vel τᾶν
3-4: πα/[τρίδα? - - -] edd.
5-6: [ὡς ἀπὸ το]ῦ γένεος πο/[λίτας] scripsi; [θότητα? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -]ιγένεος πο/[- - -]IOSPE

Translation

[- - -] inborn [nobility of character and] goo[dness of] soul [as though a] ci[tizen from] birth; [for which reasons,] the Council [and the People] shall deem it good to praise], first of all, on account of these, Pa[- - -, and grant] him [citizenship] on the grounds of proxeny, [the right of sailing in and] sailing out of the harbour in peace time and [in war time, without a threat of confiscation and without a formal treaty,] for him and his go[ods, as well as a share in all the things shared by the] residents - - -.

 

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