III 84. Chersonesos. Decree mentioning "those who applied their seals", II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 26.0, W. 21.0, Th. 8.5.

Additional description

Three joining fragments, broken off on all sides. The front is well worked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

In the north sector of Chersonesos (grid square 9, enclosure 5). 

Find circumstances

Found in 2001, excavations of S.G. Ryzhov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 24/36358. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha and delta have lightly curved hastae, cursive epsilon and sigma, cursive chi with curved hastae 

Letterheights (cm)

1 – 1.5.

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, explicit date, prosopography. 

Editions

Makarov 2006, 92, № 4 (= SEG 56, 873; cf. Bull.ép., 2007, 410 (Avram)). 

Edition

[---]
[---τὸ δὲ ψάφισμα τοῦτο ἀναγρα-]
[φᾶμεν λευκο]λίθου στ[άλαι καὶ θέμεν ἐν τῶι τᾶς Παρ?-]
[θένου? προ]νάωι· ταῦτ᾿ [ἔδοξε βουλᾶι δάμωι βασιλευ-]
[ούσας Παρθέ]ν̣[ου], [ἔ]τεος Ρ.[.], [ἱερέως δὲ ]
5[---] μανὸς . 4.[---γραμματεύοντος ---]
[--- ἐσ]φραγίσα[ντο α]´ [στίχῳ]· [θεὰ βασίλισσα]
[Παρθένος], [---]δας Δαμοκλ[έους πρῶτος ἄρχων ---]
[--- ἄρ]χων, Διοσκουρί[δας ---]
[--- Ἡρο]γείτου ἄρχω[ν ---]
10[---]Σ Ἀπολλ[---]
[--- νομ]οφύλα[ξ ---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---......................-]
[..........]ΛΙΘΟΥΣΤ[.......................-]
[........]ΝΑΩΙΤΑΥΤ᾿[.......................-]
[..........].[...]ΤΕΟΣΡ·........]
5[---]ΜΑΝΟΣ····[---..............---]
[---..]ΦΡΑΓΙΣΑ[.....................]
[........---]ΔΑΣΔΑΜΟΚΛ[...............---]
[---..]ΧΩΝΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙ[...---]
[--- ...]ΓΕΙΤΟΥΑΡΧΩ[.---]
10[---]ΣΑΠΟΛΛ[---]
[---...]ΟΦΥΛΑ[.---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

4: В конце строки над Ρ горизонтальная черта, после Ρ виден верх вертикали.
5: Следы четырех букв в начале строки не поддаются надежному определению; возможно, ΑΝ, затем следы курсивного Ε или Θ; в конце стк. нижняя часть вертикальной гасты.
6: vel [--- ἐσ]φραγίσα[ντο· θεὰ βασίλισσα Παρθένος]
7: вероятно, [Ἡροΐ]δας.

Translation

[ to inscribe the decision on a white] stone st[ele and to place it in the pro]naos [of Parthenos? The Council and the Peopld decided] this, in the reign of Parthenos, in the] year 1.., when [- - -] was priest, in the month [when - - - was secretary]. Applied their seals [in the first row: goddess queen Parthenos, - - -], son of Damokles, [first archon, - - -], archon, Dioskouridas, (son of) [- - -, - - -,] (son of) Herogeitos, archon, [- - -], nomohylax [- - -].

 

Commentary

Date: II century C.E., probably within the 1st quarter.

The text is the conclusion of a decree, with a closing formula, provisions for installation, dating formula and a list of Council members who were present when the decree was passed.

 

Images

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