III 71. Chersonesos.Decree, 2nd half of II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.32.5, W.28.0, Th.8.5.

Additional description

Partly preserved left sife of a panel with a profiled relief border. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, in the harbour area. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1968, excavations of V.I. Kadeyev. 

Modern location

Kharkiv. 

Institution and inventory

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Slobidska Ukraine, no inventory number. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters; ligatures, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.8

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

2nd half of II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Grakov, Vinogradov1970, 127, № 1 (= Bull.ép. 1973, 307). 

Edition

[---]
νος τάξιν̣ [---]
το τὰν ΕΝΑ[--- τοὺς? καθ’]
ἁμὲ<ς> στρατιώ[τας ---]
τε γὰρ κοσμ[---]
5ναν τὰ βαρβ[αρικὰ ---]
ατα ἐ<λ>έξαμεν̣ [---]
νόμως δὲ ΑΜ[---]
στειῳ μεγαλοδω̣[ρία? ---]
ΔΩΜΕΝΝΩΣΟΙ.[---]
10καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖς τ[---]
ταν διασαμον̣[--- δαμο-]
κρατίαν̣ ποτ[---]
[---]ομ[---]
[---]

3: orig. ΑΜῈ; 6: orig. ΕΑΕΞΑΜΕΝ

Diplomatic

[---]
ΝΟΣΤΑΞΙ.[---]
ΤΟΤΑΝΕΝΑ[---........]
ΑΜΕΣΤΡΑΤΙΩ[...---]
ΤΕΓΑΡΚΟΣΜ[---]
5ΝΑΝΤΑΒΑΡΒ[.....---]
ΑΤΑΕΑΕΞΑΜΕ.[---]
ΝΟΜΩΣΔΕΑΜ[---]
ΣΤΕΙΩΜΕΓΑΛΟΔ.[...---]
ΔΩΜΕΝΝΩΣΟΙ·[---]
10ΚΑΙΤΟΙΣΙΕΡΟΙΣΤ[---]
ΤΑΝΔΙΑΣΑΜΟ.[---....-]
ΚΡΑΤΙΑ.ΠΟΤ[---]
[---]ΟΜ[---]
[---]

3: orig. ΑΜῈ; 6: orig. ΕΑΕΞΑΜΕΝ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Kadeev1981, 26 сл.; Zubar1994, 39; Antonova, Yaylenko1995, 79 сл. (= SEG 45, 986); Vinogradov1996, 58, прим. 4. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: [παρασκευασμέ]νος τάξιν̣ ἐν [τᾷ πόλει] ed. pr., но букв EN нет на камне в конце стк. (опечатка ?)
2: supplevi
3: ΑΜΕΣΤΡΑΤΙΩ lapis ΜΕ in ligatura
4-5: [εἰρά]νανAntonova
6: ΕΑΕΞΑΜΕΝ̣ lapis
7-8: [αὐγου]στείῳ vel [σεβα]στείῳ; [ἀρι]στείῳ μεγαλοδώ̣[ρῳ τεAntonova
8: supplevi ΤΕ и ΜΕ in ligatura
9: ΜΕ in ligatura
10: τ[εμένεσιν ?] supplevi
11-12: [- - - δαμο]κρατίαν̣ suppl. ed. pr. Cf. ed. pr. (чтение стк. 6 исправлено позднее в Виноградов 1996): [- - - παρασκευασμέ]/νος τάξιν̣ ἐν [τᾷ πόλει ἐποιήσα]/το· τᾶν ἐν ἀ̣[χραματίᾳ? ὄντων παρ’] / ἁμὲ στρατιω[̣τᾶν - - -] / τε γὰρ κοσμ[ήσας - - - ἱκα]/νὰν τὰ βαρβ[αρικὰ στρατεύμ]/ατα ἐ⸢λ⸣έξαμεν [- - - διὸ εὐ]/νόμως δὲ ἁμ[οῖς δεδόχθαι πλη]/στείῳ μεγαλοδώ[ρῳ αὐτῷ ἀπο]/δ⸢ό⸣μεν {ν} ὡς οἷα ἄ̣[ρχουσι? - - -] / καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖς τ[αμίαις?· ὢν δὲ] / τᾶν διασάμων̣ [ἀνδρῶν - - - δαμο]/κρατίαν ποτ[ὶ - - - ?ἀν/ακομίσατ]ο· μ[- - -] / - - -

Translation

- - - [among] us warriors - - - the barbarian (matters) - - - we said (?) - - - gene[rosity?] - - - sacred - - - famous[- - - demo]cracy - - -

 

Commentary

9: end of line - part of a diagonal (Α̣ or Λ̣).

 

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