III 63. Chersonesos.Decree, last third of I century B.C.E. - middle of I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.24.5, W.21.0, Th.11.7.

Additional description

Upper part of a panel adorned with pediment and acroteria. The front is well worked, the back is treated summarily. Four-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos (IIIrd cross street, Late Antiquity layer). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1978, excavations of M.I. Zolotarev. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 51/37005. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, theta with crossbar, round letters within the writing line; large serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1 (стк. 1 – 1.5 см).

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Last third of I century B.C.E. - middle of I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, formula. 

Editions

Shelov-Kovedyaev1982, 81 (= SEG 32, 786). 

Edition

[ἀ]γ̣αθᾶι [τύχαι]
[πρόεδρoι βουλᾶς εἶ]παν ἐπ[ειδὴ ὁ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος---]
(e.g.) [ὡς ἐνδέχεται] κ̣άλλιστα̣ [τὰν ἀναστροφὰν πεποίηται]
[τᾶς πόλεος ἁμῶν ---].ΟΣ[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[.].ΑΘΑΙ[.....]
[................]ΠΑΝΕΠ[...................---]
(e.g.)[...........].ΑΛΛΙΣΤ.[......................]
[.............---]·ΟΣ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Solomonik1996, 53; Makarov2015, 221. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2-4: suppl. Макаров 2015; два варианта дополнения были предложены в ed. pr.: ; [νομοφύλακες ε]ἶ̣παν· Ἐπ[ι...... τοῦ δεῖνος, ὁ δεῖ]/[να τοῦ δεῖνος,] Κάλλίστρ[ατος τοῦ δεῖνος καὶ ὁ] / [ἐπὶ τᾶς διοικέσ]εος [ὁ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος - - -]; [νομοφύλακες ε]ἶ̣παν· ἐπ[ειδὴ ὁ δεῖνα] / [τοῦ δεῖνος τοῦ]̣ Κάλλιστρ[̣άτου ἀνὴρ καλὸς καὶ ἀγα]/[θὸς διὰ παν]τὸς [γνησίως (vel sim.) ἑαυτὸν ἐπιδι]/[δοὺς - - -] vel [προγόνων εὐεργετῶν / γεγονὼς καὶ αὐ]τὸς [βουλόμενος (vel sim.) - - -] ; κάλλιστα corr.Solomonik; vel καλλίστα[ν]Makarov
4: в начале стк., вероятно, Κ κοσ[μίως vel sim. ?]Makarov

Translation

[G]ood fort[une. Proedroi of the Council] proposed: sin[ce - - -, (son of) - - - e.g. having visited our city, has spent] the best [- - -]

 

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