III 140. Chersonesos.Donation of Aurelius Timokrates for the construction of Aphrodite's temple, late II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Architrave. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.33.0, W.197.0, Th.41.0.

Additional description

Entablature block with architrave and frieze. Broken into six pieces, the top if broken off. Three-line inscription is nearly fully preserved. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica(№ 23). Secondary use. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1853. Excavations of A.S. Uvarov. 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russia. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, X.1853.36. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Eta with detached and curved crossbar, diamond-shaped theta, omicron, phi; ksi with curved vertical, rectangular sigma, omega in the shape of upside down mu; light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

5.5

Text

Category

Building inscription. 

Date

Late II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Uvarov1854, 536 (=Becker1856, 73); Stefani1866, 233, № 1; IOSPE I 203 (= IOSPE I2 440). 

Edition

Α̣ὐ̣ρ̣(ήλιος) Τ̣ε̣ι̣μοκρ̣ά̣τ̣η̣ς̣ Μύρωνος, φύσει δὲ Τειμοθέου, ἐφιλοτειμη-
σάμην τὰ ἐκ τῆς ἐξόδου τῆς ἀγορανομίας δηνάρια ͵τρισχείλια
εἰς τὸν ναὸν τῆς Ἀφροδείτης.

Diplomatic

... ...ΜΟΚ..... ΜΥΡΩΝΟΣ ΦΥΣΕΙΔΕΤΕΙΜΟΘΕΟΥΕΦΙΛΟΤΕΙΜΗ
ΣΑΜΗΝΤΑΕΚΤΗΣΕΞΟΔΟΥΤΗΣΑΓΟΡΑΝΟΜΙΑΣΔΗΝΑΡΙΑΤΡΙΣΧΕΙΛΙΑ
ΕΙΣΤΟΝΝΑΟΝΤΗΣΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΗΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		   <unclear>Τει</unclear>μοκ<unclear>ράτης</unclear> 
      		   Μύρωνος, 
      		   φύσει δὲ Τειμοθέου, 
      ἐφιλοτειμη
      		<lb n="2" break="no"/>σάμην τὰ ἐκ τῆς 
      ἐξόδου τῆς ἀγορανομίας δηνάρια <num value="3000">τρισχείλια</num>
      		<lb n="3"/>εἰς τὸν ναὸν τῆς 
      Ἀφροδείτης.
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   </div>
Commentaries

Uvarov1855, 170; Pichikyan1976a, 102a (cf. Pichikyan1984, 227, 249); Solomonik1990, 73, № 67; Kryzhitsky2004, 288; Ivanchyk2012, 126; AE, 1285; Bull.ép., 2013, 292. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Α̣ὐρ̣. Τ̣ει̣μ̣οκρ̣άτ̣η̣ς̣ scripsi sec. lap.; ΜοκιάρηςUvarov1855; Μοκιάρης vel Μαχάρης (?)Becker; [Αἰμ.] ἙρμοκράτηςStefani; [Αὐρ.] ἙρμοκράτηςIOSPE

Translation

Aur(elius) Timokrates, (son of) Myron, but by birth (son of) Timotheos, donated for the temple of Aphrodite three thousand denarii from the proceeds of the office of agoranomos.

 

Images

 

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