III 96. Chersonesos.Decree with a list of "those who applied their seals", II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble, proconessian. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.15.0, W.25.0, Th.8.0.

Additional description

Partly preserved left side of a panel. Due to foliation of the surface layer, the text is virtually lost. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the cidadel, square of St. Vladimir cathedral (Trench I). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 2, № 59; д. 20, № 59). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35089. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

The script is characteristic of the Roman period, small omicron, word divisions in the shape of dots; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.8

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, onomastics. 

Editions

Latyshev1892, 32, № 16 (= IOSPE IV 97; IOSPE I2 396). 

Edition

[---]
[..]. 4.[---]
Τ(ίτος) Φλάβ[ιος ---]
Ἀρίστων̣[---]
καὶ ὁ γραμμ̣[ατεύς ---]
5 vac.

Diplomatic

[---]
[··]····[---]
ΤΦΛΑΒ[...---]
ΑΡΙΣΤΩ.[---]
ΚΑΙΟΓΡΑΜ.[.....---]
5     vacat

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

1: [βα|σί]λ̣ι̣σ̣σ̣[α Παρθένος]

Translation

[- - -] Titus Flavius [- - -] Ariston [- - -] and the secretary [- - -]

 

Commentary

1: Judging by remains of lower parts of letters, the restoriation [βα|σί]λ̣ι̣σ̣σ̣[α Παρθένος] cannot be not excluded.

2-3: Personal names are hypothetically restored in nom. sg.

 

Images

 

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