III 53. Chersonesos.Decree, II century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.7.0, W.13.0, Th.3.5.
Additional description
Bottom left corner of the panel with remains of three lines of text. Reused as an insert for a funerary monument (III 308).
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Find context
Western sector of Chersonesos, in the fortification wall, between fortification walls a and b.
Find circumstances
Found in 1914. (НА НЗХТ, д. 110, л. 18, № 1015).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4776.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Alpha with broken crossbar, wide gamma, flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
0.7
Text
Category
Decree.
Date
II century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
IOSPE I2 690; IOSPE I2 713.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><unclear>π</unclear>ροαισιμνῶντος <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<supplied reason="lost">Ἡρα</supplied>
<lb n="2" break="no"/>κλείου,
γραμματε<supplied reason="lost">ύοντος</supplied><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><space quantity="5" unit="character" cert="low"/><seg part="F">δώ<supplied reason="lost">ρ</supplied>ου</seg> τοῦ
<seg part="I"><orig>Σ</orig></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="4"/><space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
1:
[π]ροαισιμνῶντοςIOSPE
2-3:
[Ματρο?]|δώ[ρ]ουIOSPE
Translation
[- - -] when [- - -, (son of) Hera]kleios was chairman of the Aisymnetai, and [- - -]doros, (son of) S[- - -] was secretary - - -
Commentary
IOSPE I2 690 (inscription on the back is published as IOSPE I2 713 = III 308).
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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