III 44. Chersonesos. Decree, late II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 10.5, W. 11.0, Th. 4.0.

Additional description

Two joining fragments of a panel, broken off on all isdes. The epigraphic field is chipped. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, area of the coastal fortification wall, Quarantine Bay (between the guard's house and the repository of antiquities). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1897, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 26, л. 4, № 146). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34861. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Elongated letters; narrow pi with even verticals, omega in the shape of upside down mu; ligatures, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.1

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Late II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Fr. 1. НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 114. Fr. 2. Latyshev 1899, 23, № 32 (= IOSPE IV 170; IOSPE I2 604); НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 114. 

Edition

[---]
[---]Ν̣Ο̣Μ̣Ε̣. 4.[---δι’ ὃ δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ]·
[ἐπ]α̣ινέσαι μ[ὲν ἐπὶ τ]ο̣ύ̣τ̣ο̣[ις---]
[δ]ό̣μ̣ε̣ν̣ [δὲ α]ὐτῷ προξ̣[ενίας πολειτείαν, ἔσπλουν τε καὶ ἔκπλουν ἐν εἰράνᾳ καὶ]
[πολέμῳ ἀσυλεὶ ἀ]σ̣πον̣[δεὶ αὐτῷ τε καὶ ἐκγόνοις καὶ χράμασι αὐτοῦ---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]....····[---............................]
[..].ΙΝΕΣΑΙΜ[......]....[..---]
[.]....[...]ΥΤΩΠΡΟ.[..............................................]
[.............].ΠΟ.[...................................---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

1: Νομε̣σ̣ι̣α̣ς Solomonik 1973

Translation

- - - [the Council and the People shall deem it good to p]raise, on account of these, and to grant him [citizenship on the grounds] of prox[eny, the right of sailing in and out of the harbour in peace time and in war time, without a threat of confiscation and without a formal t]reat[y, for him, his descendants and his goods - - -].

 

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