III 4. Chersonesos.Proxeny decree honouring Timagoras, 2nd half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.12.0, W.23.0, Th.4.0.

Additional description

Stele with triangular pediment, broken off on the right; left side damaged. The bottom was cut off in secondary use. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Near Chersonesos, stone wall, masonry. 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1897 (archive of National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos: НЗХТ, д. 26, л. 4). 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russia. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, X.1897.83. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly curved letterstrokes of alpha, delta, lambda, mu and sigma; alpha with broken crossbar, theta with attached crossbar, mu with slightly splayed outer hastae, sigma with slightly splayed bars. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.7

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

2nd half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1899, 2, № 1 (= IOSPE IV 64); IOSPE I2 340. 

Edition

προξενία Τιμαγόρα Ῥοδ̣[ίου]
[βου]λ̣ὰ καὶ δᾶμος ἔδωκε· Θεότιμο[ς ---]
[..]γονος Πρόνου τοῦ Αὐτέα εἶπαν· [δόμεν Τιμαγό-]
[ραι] Ν̣ικαγόρα Ῥοδίωι προξενίαν καὶ πο[λιτείαν αὐ-]
5[τῶι κ]αὶ γένει καὶ εἴσπλουν καὶ ἔκπλο̣[υν αὐτοῖς]
[καὶ χράμ]α̣σι τοῖς α̣ὐτ[ῶ]ν̣ καὶ πο[λ]έμου κ̣α̣[ὶ εἰράνας]
[---]

Diplomatic

ΠΡΟΞΕΝΙΑΤΙΜΑΓΟΡΑ ΡΟ.[...]
[...].ΑΚΑΙΔΑΜΟΣΕΔΩΚΕΘΕΟΤΙΜΟ[.---]
[··]ΓΟΝΟΣΠΡΟΝΟΥΤΟΥΑΥΤΕΑΕΙΠΑΝ[..... ......-]
[...].ΙΚΑΓΟΡΑ ΡΟΔΙΩΙΠΡΟΞΕΝΙΑΝΚΑΙΠΟ[.........-]
5[....]ΑΙΓΕΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΙΣΠΛΟΥΝΚΑΙΕΚΠΛ.[........]
[.......].ΣΙΤΟΙΣ.ΥΤ[.].ΚΑΙΠΟ[.]ΕΜΟΥ..[........]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

2-3: [Ἀν|τί]γονοςLatyshev
7: fortasse [ἀσυλεὶ καὶ ἀσπονδεί ---]Latyshev

Translation

Proxeny of Timagoras of Rhodes.

The Council and People decided.

Theotimos (son of) - - -, [- - -]gonos, (son of) Auteas, proposed: to grant Timagoras, son of Nikagoras, the Rhodian, proxeny and citizenship, to him and his descendants, as well as the right of sailing in and out of the harbour, [for them and their goo]ds in war time and peace time [---].

 

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