III 50. Chersonesos.Decree, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.6.0, W.8.0, Th.2.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. Three-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, outside the baptistery of the Uvarov Basilica. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1901, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 10, № 211; д. 30, л. 4, № 211). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34901. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Some letters have curved lines; cursive mu, oval omicron of the same height as other letters, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1902a, 24, № 4; IOSPE I2 375. 

Edition

[---]
[---].ΟΝ.[---]
[--- δι’ ὃ δεδόχθαι τᾶι β]ουλᾶι καὶ τ[ῶι δάμωι]· [ἐπαινέσαι μὲν]
[ἐπὶ τούτοις ---]μον υἱὸν [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]·ΟΝ·[---]
[---................]ΟΥΛΑΙΚΑΙΤ[...................]
[..........---]ΜΟΝΥΙΟΝ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

1: без чтения - edd.; в начале стк. часть вертикали, вероятно, от Γ или Τ, в конце стк. низ вертикальной гасты.
2: in: [δι’ ὃ] supplevi; fin.: [τῶι] edd.; [ἐπαινέσαι] scripsi; [ἐπαινῆσθαι] edd.
3: in.: [Τ. Φλάουιον Εὐρύδα]μον ? (cf. IOSPE I2 363)IOSPE; fin.: υἱὸ[ν] edd.

Translation

[- - - for which reasons, the] Council and the [People shall deem it good to praise, on account of these, - - -], son of [- - -]

 

Images

 

(cc)© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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