III 116. Chersonesos.Dedication of Phormion, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Base. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.18.0, W.73.0, Th.47.0.

Additional description

On the top: three depressions of different shapes, with broken edges (Diam. ca. 5-7,5 cm, depth ca. 4-9 cm) and with remains of lead. On the bottom: a circular hole. Traces of multiple reuse. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the cidadel, square of St. Vladimir cathedral (Trench I). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1890, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 1, № 38; д. 19, л. 5, № 38). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3367. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha has slightly curved hastae, mu with slanting outer hastae, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, omicron and omega are almost the same size as the rest of the letters, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Dedicatory inscription. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1895, 11, № 6 (= IOSPE IV 88; IOSPE I2 415). 

Edition

Φορμίων Ἥριος [ἱερεὺς] ἐὼγ καὶ βα[σι-]
[λεύων ---]...[--- ἀν]έθη[κεν]

Diplomatic

ΦΟΡΜΙΩΝ ΗΡΙΟΣ[......]ΕΩΓΚΑΙΒΑ[..-]
[.....---]···[---..]ΕΘΗ[...]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Φορμίων 
      	     Ἥριος <supplied reason="lost">ἱερεὺς</supplied> 
         ἐὼγ καὶ βα<supplied reason="lost">σι</supplied>
      	<lb n="2" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">λεύων</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
         <supplied reason="lost">ἀν</supplied>έθη<supplied reason="lost">κεν</supplied>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Firatli, Robert1964, 164; Kadeev1981, 67; Pichikyan1976, 254 (= Pichikyan1984, 205); Treister1999, 140, № 4 (25). 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Ἤριος ed. pr., corr.Firatli; ἐὼγ = ἐὼν per assimilationem ἐ[ών ---]

Translation

Phormion, (son of) Herios, serving as priest and king, [---] dedicated.

 

Commentary

III century B.C.E. (probably the first half of the century).

 

Images

 

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