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. 

Edition

[---]
π̣ροαισιμνῶντος [--- Ἡρα-]
κλείου, γραμματε[ύοντος---]
vac. 5 litt. δώ[ρ]ου τοῦ Σ[---]
vac.

Diplomatic

[---]
.ΡΟΑΙΣΙΜΝΩΝΤΟΣ[---...-]
ΚΛΕΙΟΥΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕ[......---]
          ΔΩ[.]ΟΥΤΟΥΣ[---]
      

EpiDoc (XML)

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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

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