III 92. Chersonesos.Decree with a list of "those who applied their seals", II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.11.0, W.8.0, Th.3.0.
Additional description
Broken off on all sides.The front is polished. Four-line inscription cut following ruled lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Northeast sector of Chersonesos, near the Uvarov Basilica (№ 23), in sylos?{в зерновой яме}.
Find circumstances
Found in 1901, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 30, л. 5, № 213; д. 10, л. 42, эст. № 213).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35110.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Hastae of some letters are slightly curved, delta with projecting right hasta; light serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
1.5
Text
Category
Decree.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev1902a, 27, № 8; IOSPE 388.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">θεὰ</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">βασί</supplied><unclear>λ</unclear>ισσα
<supplied reason="lost">Παρθένος</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<supplied reason="lost">πρῶτος</supplied>
<unclear>ἄ</unclear>ρχων <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<supplied reason="lost">Μητ</supplied>ρόδωρο<supplied reason="lost" cert="low">ς</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Α</unclear></orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="4a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Latyshev1907, 62, ad № 8.
Apparatus criticus
2:
[ἄ]ρχωνIOSPE
3:
vel [Μητ]ροδώρο[υ ?];
[Ματ]ρόδωρο[ς];
[Ἡ]ρόδωρο[ς]Latyshev1902a
4:
om.
Translation
[- - - goddess] queen [Parthenos - - - first] archon [- - -Met]rodoro[s - - -]
Commentary
Date: most likely, first half of II century C.E.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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