III 52. Chersonesos.Decree, late III - 1st half of II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.13.0, W.13.0, Th.6.0.

Additional description

Top left corner of the panel. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica (№ 23), by the right nave. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1901, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 30, л. 5, № 215; д. 10, эст. № 215). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35083. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, kappa with short diagonals, verticals of nu of equal height, outer hastae of mu slightly slanting, pi with extended horizontal, sigma sometimes with splayed bars; serifs and flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Late III - 1st half of II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1902, 21, № 1; IOSPE I2 342. 

Edition

νομοφύλακες Ἡρακλ[είδας ---]-
δώρου, Α̣λκίνους Ἡρακ̣[λείδα καὶ ὁ ἐπὶ τᾶς διοικήσεος ---δω-]
ρος Ἡρακ<λ>είδα εἶπαν· ἐ[πειδὴ --- τοῦ δάμου?]
σπεύδοντος ποτὶ Τ[ΤΩΝ]
5πολιτᾶν οὐθαμῶ̣[ς - - - - - - - - - - ]
νων δὲ συνεῖξ̣[ε - - - - - - - - - - ]
τοῦ κινδύνου̣ ...[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
τα χρείας Κ[ - - - - - - - - - - ταῖς]
τιμαῖς οὐθ[ - - - - - - - - - - τῶν]
10πολιτ̣ - - - - - - - - - - φανε-]
ρὰν π[οιῆσαι τὰν ---]
[.]ΙΣ[---]
[---]

3: orig. ΗΡΑΚΕΙΔΑ

Diplomatic

ΝΟΜΟΦΥΛΑΚΕΣΗΡΑΚΛ[.....---]
ΔΩΡΟΥ.ΛΚΙΝΟΥΣΗΡΑ.[.........................---..-]
ΡΟΣΗΡΑΚΕΙΔΑΕΙΠΑΝΕ[.....---........]
ΣΠΕΥΔΟΝΤΟΣΠΟΤΙΤ[...]
5ΠΟΛΙΤΑΝΟΥΘΑΜ.[. - - - - - - - - - - ]
ΝΩΝΔΕΣΥΝΕΙ.[. - - - - - - - - - - ]
ΤΟΥΚΙΝΔΥΝΟ.···[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
ΤΑΧΡΕΙΑΣΚ[ - - - - - - - - - - ....]
ΤΙΜΑΙΣΟΥΘ[ - - - - - - - - - - ...]
10ΠΟΛΙ.Α[. - - - - - - - - - - ....-]
ΡΑΝΠ[.........---]
[·]ΙΣ[---]
[---]

3: orig. ΗΡΑΚΕΙΔΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Latyshev1912, 42. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Подчеркнутые буквы в настоящее время не читаются на камне. ; дополнения Лепера (с незначительными изменениями).
3: ΗΡΑΚΕΙΔΑ Lapis.
3-4: [τοῦ δάμου] | σπεύδοντος ποτὶ τ[ὸν πόλεμον? ---]IOSPE I2 не исключено дополнение инфинитива с приставкой ποτι-.
6-7: [τὸν ἑαυ]|τοῦ κίνδυνονLatyshev1902,IOSPE I2 ; однако в конце стк. 7 скорее следы Υ, чем Ν, за ним следы еще одной буквы (возможно, часть верхней петли Β).

Translation

Nomophylakes Herakleidas [(son of) ---, ---, (son of) ---]doros, Alkinoos, (son of) Herakleidas, and the head of the administration, ---do]ros, (son of) Herakleidas, proposed: s[ince ---, (son of) --- the People?] striving after [---] of citizens in no way [---] danger - - - needs - - - honours - - - of the citizens - - - to make plain - - -

 

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