III 41. Chersonesos.Decree, II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.16.0, W.21.0, Th.12.5.
Additional description
Partly preserved right side adorned with wide (11cm) relief border. The front is polished.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Northeast sector of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica (№ 23), wall masonry of the Byzantine period.
Find circumstances
Found in 1901, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 30, л. 5, № 216; д. 10, эст. № 216).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35111.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Omicron and semicircular omega are smaller than other letters, rectangular sigma; ligatures, large serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
2.5
Text
Category
Decree.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev1902a, 23, № 3; IOSPE I2 379.
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</div>Commentaries
Tyumenev1950, 18.
Apparatus criticus
1:
scripsi, om. edd.
++Λ̣ΙΑ lapis
3:
ἐπαινέσαι scripsi;
ἐπαινῆσθαι edd.
ΙΣ in ligatura
6:
supplevi
[ἀσυλεὶ καὶ ἀσπονδεὶ κτλ.] edd.
Translation
[ - - -for these reasons] the Council and the People shall deem it good to praise], on account of these [ - - - and grant him citizenship on the grounds of prox]eny [the right of sailing in and out of the harbour in peace time and in w]ar time, [without a threat of confiscation and without a formal treaty, for him, his descendants and his goods, as well as a s]ha[re in all the things shared by - - -].
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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