III 86. Chersonesos.Decree, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.13.0, W.30.0, Th.9.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. The front is dented, the text is considerably effaced on the right. The back is roughly picked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of Chersonesos (Block VIII, in rock fill. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1995, excavations of S.G. Ryzhov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 118/37080. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Theta with attached crossbar, small omicron, rectangular sigma; ligatures, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, prosopography. 

Editions

Solomonik1996, 45, № 4. 

Edition

[---]
[καὶ θέμεν ἐν τῶι ἐπισαμοτάτωι τᾶς ἀκρο-]
[πόλιος] τ̣όπωι· [ταῦτ’ ἔδοξε βουλᾶι δάμωι],
[βασιλ]ευούσας Παρθένο̣υ̣, [ἔτεος ... ἱερέος]
[δὲ ---]ου Ζήθου, μηνὸς Λατοίου [.. γραμμα-]
[τεύοντος Τ(ίτου)] Φ(λαυίου) Πυθοδότου· ἐσφ[ραγίσαντο]
5[α´ στίχωι· θεὰ βασίλισσα Παρ]θέ̣[νος ---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[................................-]
[......].ΟΠΩΙ[.....................]
[.....]ΕΥΟΥΣΑΣΠΑΡΘΕΝ..[.....···......]
[..---]ΟΥΖΗΘΟΥΜΗΝΟΣΛΑΤΟΙΟΥ[··......-]
[..........]ΦΠΥΘΟΔΟΤΟΥΕΣΦ[.........]
5[.......................]Θ.[...---]
[---]

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Commentaries

IOSPE 46, 930. 

 
Apparatus criticus

0-1: [καὶ σταθῆμεν ἐν τῶι ἐπισαμοτάτωι τᾶς] / [πόλιος] τ̣όπωιSolomonik; correxi (cf. SEG (Pleket))
3: ΜΗ in ligatura
3-4: [γραμμα/τεύοντος δὲ] Φ. Πυθοδ(angle)ώ(angle)ρουSolomonik; correxi (cf. SEG (Pleket))

Translation

- - - [and place in the most prominent] place [of the acropolis. The Council and People decided this, in the] reign of Parthenos [in the year - - -, when priest was - - -], (son of) Zethos, [in the month of] Latoios, [when T(itus)] Fl(avius) Pythodotos [served as secretary. Applied their seals, in the first row: goddess queen Par]the[nos] - - -

 

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