III 55. Chersonesos.Decree, last quarter of II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.15.5, W.15.0, Th.5.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides except for the partly preserved right edge. The back is treated summarily. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay, lining of a grave. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1910, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 103, л. 6, № 195; д. 71, л. 37; Лепер 1927, 212). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 23619. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, sometimes with open top, delta and lambda also sometimes with open top, iota subscriptum, oval omega; large serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.4-0.8.

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Last quarter of II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 1. 

Edition

[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ] θ̣λ̣ι̣β̣ομέ̣
[νας τᾶς πόλεος --- ὅπω?]ς ἐπι[σκ]ευάσῃ ἐκ τῶν ἰδί-
[ων --- ἐ]π̣ικαιρότατον ὑπάρχοντα
[--- οὔτε κακοπ]α̣θίας λόγον ποιησάμενος
5[--- παρασχόμ?]ενος σπουδὰν καὶ φιλοτιμίαν
[--- ἀ]σφάλειαν οὐ μικρας καὶ τας̣
[---] τῶι αὐτῶι ἔτει παρακαλ̣[.]-
[--- χ]ρήματα παρὰ τοῦ δά[..]
[---] ἐπὶ Ναπιταν φρούρι̣[ον?]
10[--- ἐπηγγ]είλατο εἰς τα[---]
[--- προθυμίας πρὸς τὸ βέ]λ̣τιο{ι}ν οὐδὲν ἐ[λλείπων ---]
[---] παραιτεῖτ[αι ---]
[---]Α̣Μ̣Ε̣Ι̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]....ΟΜ.
[............---...]ΣΕΠΙ[..]ΕΥΑΣΗΕΚΤΩΝΙΔΙ
[..---.].ΙΚΑΙΡΟΤΑΤΟΝΥΠΑΡΧΟΝΤΑ
[---.........].ΘΙΑΣΛΟΓΟΝΠΟΙΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ
5[---........]ΕΝΟΣΣΠΟΥΔΑΝΚΑΙΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΙΑΝ
[---.]ΣΦΑΛΕΙΑΝΟΥΜΙΚΡΑΣΚΑΙΤΑ.
[---]ΤΩΙΑΥΤΩΙΕΤΕΙΠΑΡΑΚΑ.[·]
[---.]ΡΗΜΑΤΑΠΑΡΑΤΟΥΔΑ[··]
[---]ΕΠΙΝΑΠΙΤΑΝΦΡΟΥΡ.[..]
10[---.....]ΕΙΛΑΤΟΕΙΣΤΑ[---]
[---.................].ΤΙΟΙΝΟΥΔΕΝΕ[.......---]
[---]ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΙΤ[..---]
[---]....[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Nadel1976, 198, 200 (= 26, 793); Solomonik1990, № 13. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: θλιβομ[ένας τᾶς πόλεος]Nadel; θλιβομ[ένων τῶν πολιτᾶν]Solomonik1964
3: [τὰς πύλας] vel [τὴν πύλην]Nadel; [τὰ τείχη]Solomonik1964
4: supplevi [καλοκἀγα]θίας vel [ἀνδραγα]θίαςNadel; [εὐστ]αθίαςSolomonik1964
9: φρου[ράν] или форма глагола φρουρέωNadel
11: supplevi

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