III 38. Chersonesos.Decree, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.11.0, W.8.0, Th.5.5.

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; д. 70, л. 5, 10/04/09; д. 112, л. 42). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 20304. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Upper and lower bars of epsilon extend leftwards beyond the vertical; word divisions; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 698. 

Edition

[---]
[--- μετοχ]άν vac.
[τε πάντων ὧν καὶ τοῖς Χερσονασείτ]α̣ις μέ-
[τεστι]· [τὸ δὲ ψάφισμα τοῦτο ἀναγραφᾶμε]ν̣ λευ-
[κολίθου στάλαι καὶ θέμεν ἐν τῷ ἐπισαμοτ]άτῳ vac.
5[τᾶς πόλιος τόπῳ· ταῦτ’ ἔδοξε βουλ]ᾶι δάμωι,
[βασιλευούσας Παρθένου, ἔτεος ... ἱερέως δὲ] Στεφα-
[ν---]ΩΣΥ̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---.....]ΑΝ      
[............................].ΙΣΜΕ
[...............................].ΛΕΥ
[.................................]ΑΤΩ      
5[............................]ΑΙΔΑΜΩΙ
[..........................···........]ΣΤΕΦΑ
[.---]ΩΣ.[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

6-7: scripsi [βασιλευούσας Παρθένου, ἱερέως δὲ] Στεφά/[νου τοῦ - - - ἔτεος - - - μηνὸς - - -]IOSPE I2

Translation

[- - - as well as a sha]re [in all the things sha[red by the Chersonesi]tes; to inscribe this decision on a stele of] whi[te stone and set it up in the] most [prominent place of the acropolis. This was decided by the Counc]il and the People, [in the reign of Parthenos, in ... year, when the priest was] Stepha[- - - ]...

 

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