III 89. Chersonesos.Decree with a list of "those who applied their seals", II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.13.5, W.16.0, Th.10.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides and rounded by tidal waves. The front is considerably effaced. Five lines of texts, barely legible. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, by the Quarantine Bay. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1888, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 1, № 3; д. 17, л. 2, № 3). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35096. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Eta with detached crossbar, small omicron, omega in the shape of a circle with underline; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1891, 28, № 35; IOSPE IV 96; IOSPE I2 391; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 112. 

Edition

[---]
[--- πρῶ]τος ἄρχω[ν ---]
[--- Ἀρ]ίστων Ζήθ[ου ---]
[--- πά]τρου, Τ(ίτος) Φλ[άουιος ---]
[--- Αἰμ]ιλιαν[ός ---]
5[---]ΙΟ[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---...]ΤΟΣΑΡΧΩ[.---]
[---..]ΙΣΤΩΝΖΗΘ[..---]
[---..]ΤΡΟΥΤΦΛ[......---]
[---...]ΙΛΙΑΝ[..---]
5[---]ΙΟ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">πρῶ</supplied>τος ἄρχω<supplied reason="lost">ν</supplied> 
            <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Ἀρ</supplied>ίστων 
            Ζήθ<supplied reason="lost">ου</supplied> 
            <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
            <seg part="F"><supplied reason="lost">πά</supplied>τρου</seg>, 
            <expan><abbr>Τ</abbr><ex>ίτος</ex></expan> 
            Φλ<supplied reason="lost">άουιος</supplied> 
            <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Αἰμ</supplied>ιλιαν<supplied reason="lost">ός</supplied> 
            <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΙΟ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Latyshev1907, 62, ad № 96; Makarov2013a, 106-108. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: vel [- - - Αἰμ]ιλιαν[οῦ - - -]

Translation

[- - -] first archon [- - -], Ariston, (son of) Zethos) [- - - (son of) - - -pa]tros, Titus Flavius [- - -Aim]ilian[- - -]

 

Commentary

НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 112 (incorrectly joined with III 25, Frag. 2).

 

Images

 

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