III 78. Chersonesos.Decree (?), not before I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.20.5, W.18.0, Th.5.0.

Additional description

Top right corner with traces of a pediment. Two lines of text, letters are hardly legible. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the cidadel, square of St. Vladimir cathedral (southeast corner, cleaning down to bedrock). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 5, л. 6, № 128; д. 25, л. 3, № 128). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35114. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Pi with extended horizontal, large oval omicron; iota adscriptum. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.9

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Not before I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, formula. 

Editions

Latyshev1899, 24, № 36 (= IOSPE IV 165); IOSPE I2 586. 

Edition

[ἀγαθῆι τύ]χ̣ηι
[πρόεδροι Χερσονασειτᾶν τᾶν] π̣ο̣[τὶ τᾶι Ταυ-]
[ρικᾶι εἶπαν ---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[........].ΗΙ
[........................]..[........-]
[..........---]
[---]

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Apparatus criticus

1: suppl.
2-3: restitui

Translation

[Good fortu]ne. [Proedroi of Chersonesites who are] nea[r Tauris proposed]- - -

 

Images

 

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