III 69. Chersonesos.Decree, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.10.0, W.9.0, Th.2.3.

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1909, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper  

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. I was not able to find the monument in the repository of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Theta with attached crossbar, oval omicron, rectangular or cursive sigma, cursive omega; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 699. 

Edition

[---]
[κ]α[ὶ θέμεν ἐν τῷ ἐπισαμοτάτῳ τᾶς πόλιος τό-]
πῳ· τ̣[αῦτ’ ἔδοξε βουλᾶι, δάμωι, βασιλευούσας]
<Π>αρθέν̣[ου], [ἔτεος ...], [ἱερέως δὲ ---]
Θεογένο[υ], [μηνὸς--- γραμματεύον-]
5τος ʼΑττίν[ου---]
.εὺς Τ.[---]
[...]ΡΕ.[---]
[---]

3: orig. ΤΙΑΡΘΕΝ..

Diplomatic

[---]
[.]Α[................................-]
ΠΩ.[..................................]
ΤΙΑΡΘΕ.[.......···........---]
ΘΕΟΓΕΝΟ[......---...........-]
5ΤΟΣʼΑΤΤΙΝ[..---]
·ΕΥΣΤ·[---]
[···]ΡΕ·[---]
[---]

3: orig. ΤΙΑΡΘΕΝ..

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

3: in.: ΤΙ lapis
5: ʼΑττίν[ου τοῦ ʼΑρίστωνος - - -]IOSPE I2
6: [τ]εὺς τη[- - -]IOSPE I2

Translation

- - - [and set it up in the most prominent place of the acropolis. This has been decided by the Council and the People, in the reign] of Parthenos, [in ... year, when the priest was - - -], (son of) Theogenes, [month of - - -, when secretary was] Attinas - - -

 

Commentary

6: at the start - a top horizontal (possible Γ, Σ, Τ); at the end - tops of two verticals.

 

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