III 94. Chersonesos.Decree, ca. mid-II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.19.5, W.22.0, Th.8.0.

Additional description

Right side of the panel, with relief border, is partly preserved. The front is planed, visible tooth chisel marks. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, Enclosure XX. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1909, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 102, л. 28, № 1725; д. 70, л. 5, 10/04/09; д. 112, л. 41). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4495. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Wide eta with detached crossbar, round omicron smaller than other letters, pi with slightly extended horizontal, wide sigma; large serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

Ca. mid-II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, prosopography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 701. 

Edition

[---]
[--- Χρηστ]ίωνος,
[---] υἱὸς Φλ(αουίου) • Ἀγεπόλεως,
[--- Δημοκ]ράτης Βοΐσκου, • Τ(ίτος) •
[Φλαύιος --- υἱὸς Φλαουίου Εὐρυδά]μου, Ἀπολλώνιος
5[--- Μη]τ̣ρόδωρος Ἡροΐδου,
[--- Κρί]σπος, Αἴλιος Μα-
[---]ωνος, Οὔλπιος
[--- Ἀρίσ]τωνος • γ´ • Ἡροΐ-
[δας ---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---.....]ΙΩΝΟΣ
[---]ΥΙΟΣΦΛ•ΑΓΕΠΟΛΕΩΣ
[---.....]ΡΑΤΗΣΒΟΙΣΚΟΥ•Τ•
[.......---..................]ΜΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ
5[---..].ΡΟΔΩΡΟΣΗΡΟΙΔΟΥ
[---...]ΣΠΟΣΑΙΛΙΟΣΜΑ
[---]ΩΝΟΣΟΥΛΠΙΟΣ
[---....]ΤΩΝΟΣ•Γ•ΗΡΟΙ
[...---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Χρηστ</supplied>ίωνος,
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> υἱὸς 
            <expan><abbr>Φλ</abbr><ex>αουίου</ex></expan> <g ref="#stop"/> 
            Ἀγεπόλεως,
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Δημοκ</supplied>ράτης 
            Βοΐσκου, 
            <g ref="#stop"/> <expan><abbr>Τ</abbr><ex>ίτος</ex></expan> <g ref="#stop"/>
      		<lb n="4"/><supplied reason="lost">Φλαύιος</supplied> 
            <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">υἱὸς</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Φλαουίου</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Εὐρυδά</supplied>μου, 
            Ἀπολλώνιος
      		<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Μη</supplied><unclear>τ</unclear>ρόδωρος 
            Ἡροΐδου,
      		<lb n="6"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">Κρί</supplied>σπος, 
            Αἴλιος <seg part="I">Μα</seg>
      		<lb n="7" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">ωνος</seg>, 
            Οὔλπιος
      		<lb n="8"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Ἀρίσ</supplied>τωνος 
            <g ref="#stop"/> <num value="3">γ</num> <g ref="#stop"/> Ἡροΐ
      		<lb n="9" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">δας</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="9a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Solomonik1978, 80; SEG 28, 632. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: [Τ. Φλ. Πυθόδοτος ?]IOSPE I2
4: [υἱὸς Φλαουίου] supplevi
5: ΗΡ in ligatura

Translation

[- - - (son of) Chrest]ion, [- - -] son of Fl(avius) Agepolis, [- - - Demokr]ates, (son of) Boiskos, T(itus) [Flavius - - - son of Flavius Euryda]mos, Apollonios, - - - Me]trodoros, (son of) Heroidas, [- - - Kri]spos, Aelius Ma[- - -], Ulpius [- - - of Aris]ton; in the third row: Heroi[das - - -]

 

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