I 5. Tyras.Proxeny decree for Herodoros, II century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble, white with gray veins. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.20.6, W.16.5, Th.7.7.

Additional description

The front is polished, but considerably defaced on the left. The right side is treated summarily with tooth chisel, the back is roughly picked, other sides are broken off. 

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Unknown. Given to the museum in 1985 by V.P. Pushkarev. 

Modern location

Odessa. 

Institution and inventory

Odessa Archaeological Museum, 88748. 

Autopsy

A.I. Ivantchik, August 2007. 

Epigraphic field

Position

H.15.5, W.15.0

Lettering

Deeply and precisely cut letters, following ruled lines still visible on the stone; light serifs. Alpha with broken crossbar, dotted theta, kappa with short diagonals, pi with shortened right vertical, sigma with parallel upper and lower bars, omega with straight horizontals. Right margin is almost absent. Average distance between lines: 0,6cm. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.7-0.8

Text

Category

Proxeny decree. 

Date

II century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

[---]
[---]Δ̣ . Υ̣
[---] ἐ̣μβοᾶν χρή̣
[---ἐάν] τινος δέη - vac. 1 litt.
[ται· ἵνα οὖν ὁ δῆμος φαίνηται τοὺς κ]α̣λοὺς καὶ ἀγα̣-
5[θοὺς ἄνδρας τιμῶν· δεδόχθαι τῆ]ι βουλῆι καὶ τῶι
[δήμωι ἐπαινέσαι μὲν ἐπὶ το]ύτοις Ἡρόδω - vac. 1 litt.
[ρον τοῦ δεῖνος ---]α̣νὸν δεδόσθαι vac. 1 litt.
[δὲ αὐτῶι προξενίαν, πολιτ]ε̣ίαν, προεδρίαν, [ἀτ-]
[έλειαν πάντων καὶ τἄλλα] ὅσ̣[α] κ̣αὶ τοῖς ἄ[λλοις]
10[προξένοις---]Κ̣ ..Α̣Ο̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---].·.
[---].ΜΒΟΑΝΧΡ.
[---...]ΤΙΝΟΣΔΕΗ-   
[.............................].ΛΟΥΣΚΑΙΑΓ.
5[..........................]ΙΒΟΥΛΗΙΚΑΙΤΩΙ
[......................]ΥΤΟΙΣΗΡΟΔΩ-   
[............---].ΝΟΝΔΕΔΟΣΘΑΙ  
[......................].ΙΑΝΠΡΟΕΔΡΙΑΝ[..-]
[....................]Ο.[.].ΑΙΤΟΙΣΑ[.....]
10[.........---].··..[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

Translation

[- - -] it is necessary to call upon? [- - - if] there would be a need of something; [in order that the People may be seen to honour] the noble and good [men, the Council and the People shall deem it good to praise on the basis of these Herodo[ros, (son of) - - -] to grant [him proxeny, citizen]ship, proedria, [exemption from all public burdens (ateleia) and all other privileges] which [are available to proxenoi - - -]

 

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