III 93. Chersonesos.Decree mentioning "those who applied their seals", II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.14.0, W.11.5, Th.4.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. The front is polished. Five lines of inscription, cut over ruled lines, are partially preserved. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, near the Eastern Basilica (№ 36), Enclosure O6. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1908, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 101, л. 41, № 4241; д. 64, л. 23; д. 67, л. 65). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35085. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters; eta with detached crossbar, small omicron, pi with verticals of equal length and a slightly extended horizontal, narrow sigma, phi with extended vertical; ligatures, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, prosopography. 

Editions

Loeper1912, 61, № 9; IOSPE I2 386. 

Edition

[---]
[--- ἐτεος ..]α̣´, ἱερέ̣[ος δὲ ---]
[--- ἐγραμμάτευε Θεαγέ]νης Διογ[ένους ---]
[ἐσφραγίσαντο α´ στίχῳ· θεὰ βασίλισ]σ̣α Παρθ[ένος ---]
[---] Τ(ίτος) Φλάουιος [---]ς υἱὸς Φλ[αουίου ---]
5[---] Ζ̣ήθου [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---.....··].ΙΕΡ.[....---]
[---................]ΝΗΣΔΙΟΓ[.....---]
[.............................].ΑΠΑΡΘ[....---]
[---]Τ ΦΛΑΟΥΙΟΣ [---]ΣΥΙΟΣ ΦΛ[......---]
5[---].ΗΘΟΥ[---]
[---]

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">ἐτεος</supplied>
         <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/><num value="1"><unclear>α</unclear></num>,
         ἱερ<unclear>έ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ος</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">δὲ</supplied> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
     <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">ἐγραμμάτευε</supplied> 
         <supplied reason="lost">Θεαγέ</supplied>νης 
         Διογ<supplied reason="lost">ένους</supplied>
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">ἐσφραγίσαντο <num value="1">α</num> στίχῳ· θεὰ</supplied> 
         <supplied reason="lost">βασίλισ</supplied><unclear>σ</unclear>α 
         Παρθ<supplied reason="lost">ένος</supplied> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
         <expan><abbr>Τ</abbr><ex>ίτος</ex></expan> 
      	       Φλάουιος
      	       <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">ς</seg> 
         υἱὸς 
      	       Φλ<supplied reason="lost">αουίου</supplied>  
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
         <unclear>Ζ</unclear>ήθου
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1-3: suppl.Loeper
2: ΝΗ in ligatura
4: suppl.IOSPE ; [- - - Ἀρίστων ?] Ζ̣ήθουIOSPE

Translation

[- - - in the year]1, in the priesthood of [- - -, when secretary was Theage]nes, (son of) Diog[enes - - -] [Applied their seals, in the first row: goddess, que]en Parth[enos - - -] T(itus) Flavius [- - -] son of Fl[avius - - -] [- - -] (son of) Zethos [- - -]

 

Commentary

Date: most likely, middle of II century C.E.

 

Images

 

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