III 57. Chersonesos.Decree, I century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.9.0, W.7.5, Th.5.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides except the top. Evidence of secondary use on the bottom and top edges. The front is chipped, letters are considerably effaced. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the citadel, square of St. Vladimir cathedral. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1890, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д.1, № 37; д. 19, л. 5, № 37; сf. НА ИИМК д. 57). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34880. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, nu with verticals of equal height, mu with parallel outer hastae, pi with verticals of equal height, sigma with parallel upper and lower bars; no flaring on ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5 (стк. 1). 0.6.

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

I century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1895, 20, № 21; IOSPE IV 65; IOSPE I2 346. 

Edition

[ἀγαθᾶι] τ̣[ύ]χα̣[ι̣]·
[---Ἡ̣]ρ̣όδοτος Ἀρτ[---]-
[---]νος Ἀρίστωνο[ς εἶπαν]· [ἐπειδὴ ---]
[---περι]ε̣χόντων τὰ̣ν π[όλιν τῶν κινδύνων ---]
5[---]ομενα συμνα[μ ---]
[--- ἔ]σωσε τὸν δἆ̣μον [---]
[---] πομπὰ̣ν τᾶς θ̣εᾶς[---]
[---] θ̣υό[ντων ---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[......].[.]Χ.[.]
[---.].ΟΔΟΤΟΣΑΡΤ[---]
[---]ΝΟΣΑΡΙΣΤΩΝΟ[............---]
[---....].ΧΟΝΤΩΝΤ.ΝΠ[...............---]
5[---]ΟΜΕΝΑΣΥΜΝΑ[.---]
[---.]ΣΩΣΕΤΟΝΔ.ΜΟΝ[---]
[---]ΠΟΜΠ.ΝΤΑΣ.ΕΑΣ[---]
[---].ΥΟ[....---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Solomonik1990, № 6. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

[Good f]ortu[ne. He]rodotos, (son of) Art[- - -], - - -, son of Ariston, [proposed: since] in present [dangers... the] p[olis - - -] saved the People [- - -] procession of the goddess [- - -] sacri[ficing?]

 

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