I 30. Tyras. Honorific inscription for anonymous, 2nd half of III century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 46.5, W. 28.8-31.8, Th. 8.8-9.4.

Additional description

The panel visibly widens and thickens towards the bottom. The epigraphic field is surrounded by a low relief border. On the front the border is treated summarily, the epigraphic field is polished. Sides are treated summarily, with clear marks of stone-working tools; the back and underside are roughly picked. The top is broken off. 

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

In secondary context: Trench A (square by the fortress side), lower part of the fill in the basement of a hellenistic house; the fill is dated by its material to II century B.C. 

Find circumstances

Found in excavations of Tyras in 1959.  

Modern location

Kiev. 

Institution and inventory

Department of Archaeology of the Northern Black Sea Coast, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Б-Д-1959, № 1156. 

Autopsy

A.I. Ivantchik, August 2006. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. Within bordered area, polished. The top is broken off. Within the epigraphic field: six crowns arranged in three rows, two per row. The two top and two bottom ones are ivy crowns, the middle ones - laurel, bound with ribbons. The size of laurel crowns: 9,5 x 10,5cm, of ivy ones: 11,5 x 10cm. Above each crown, there is one line of text. H. 37.5, W. 26.0-28.0

Lettering

Neatly and deeply cut letters, adorned with light serifs. Pi with short right hasta; nu with short right hasta, slightly bent outwards; omicron smaller than other letters, kappa with short diagonals; omega reduced in size, in the shape of semicircular dome with horizontal bars at the bottom. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.6-0.9

Text

Category

Honorific inscription. 

Date

2nd half of III century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, archaeological context. 

Editions

L1. Furmanskaya 1960. 

Edition

[---]
cor.1
[ὑπὸ Τυρανῶν]
cor.2
[ὑπὸ ---]
cor.3
ὑπὸ Ὀλβιοπολιτῶν
cor.4
ὑ̣[πὸ ---]
cor.5
ὑπὸ Κυζικηνῶν
cor.6
ὑπὸ Ῥοδίων

Diplomatic

[---]
cor.1
[..........]
cor.2
[...---]
cor.3
ΥΠΟΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
cor.4
.[..---]
cor.5
ΥΠΟΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
cor.6
ΥΠΟΡΟΔΙΩΝ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="corona" n="cor.1">
      <ab>
      <supplied reason="lost">ὑπὸ Τυρανῶν</supplied>
      </ab>
   </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="corona" n="cor.2">
      <ab>
      <supplied reason="lost">ὑπὸ</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      </ab>
      </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="corona" n="cor.3">
      <ab>
      ὑπὸ Ὀλβιοπολιτῶν
      </ab>
   </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="corona" n="cor.4">
      <ab>
      <unclear>ὑ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">πὸ</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      </ab>
      </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="corona" n="cor.5">
      <ab>
      ὑπὸ Κυζικηνῶν
      </ab>
   </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="corona" n="cor.6">
      <ab>
      ὑπὸ Ῥοδίων
      </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

[ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος τὸν δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος τιμηθέντα χρυσοῖς στεφάνοις] Furmanskaya

Translation

[- - - crowned with golden crowns by citizens of Tyras?, by citizens of - - -], by citizens of Olbia, [by citizens of - - -], by citizens of Cyzicus, by citizens of Rhodes.

 

Images

 

(cc) © 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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