III 105. Chersonesos. Correspondence of officials, 2nd half of II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Additional description
Two non-joining fragments. Broken off on all sides. Fragment 1 is in five pieces. The front is polished. The back is roughly worked.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Fragment 1
Dimensions (cm)
H. 17.5, W. 22.0, Th. 2.5.
Find place
Unknown.
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Acquired from the private collection of D.I. Shpak.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 31283.
Fragment 2
Dimensions (cm)
H. 15.0, W. 12.0, Th. 2.5.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Random find by M.I. Skubetov in 1912 (НА НЗХТ, д. 106).
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34947.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Slightly elongated letters, omega in the shape of upside down mu; serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
2.5
Text
Category
Correspondence of .
Date
2nd half of II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev 1915, 32, № 3 (= 399) . 14.
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="0a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<supplied reason="lost">Χερσονησιτῶν</supplied>
<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">τοῖς</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">ἄρχου</supplied><unclear>σ</unclear>ι καὶ
τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ
<supplied reason="lost">δήμῷ χαίρειν</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<unclear>π</unclear>ερὶ Ῥωμαίους
<w part="I">προθ</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">ν</w> τὸ μέρος καὶ ὑμῶν
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
οἷς τὸ ἐφόδιον δ<supplied reason="lost">οθήτω</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">, εἰ μὴ προῖκα ὑπέσχηνται</supplied>
<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><unclear>χ</unclear>ειν ὑ<unclear>μᾶς</unclear>
<unclear>εἰώ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">θ</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<orig><unclear>Δ</unclear>ΟΣΑ</orig> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">τῇ</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">βουλ</supplied>ῇ καί τῷ δ<supplied reason="lost">ήμῷ</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<unclear>λ</unclear>αμβάνε<supplied reason="lost">ιν</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<w part="I"><supplied reason="lost">δ</supplied>ημοσ<unclear>ι</unclear></w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Σ</unclear>Κ<unclear>ΕΙ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Bull.ép., 280.
Apparatus criticus
0:
[ὁ δεῖνα Χερσονησιτῶν] Solomonik 1964
2:
[- - - ὅτι τὰ π]ερὶ ῾Ρωμαίους προθ[ύμως ἐπεμελήθητε - - -] Solomonik 1964
4:
[- - -]οις τὸ ἐφόδιον δ[ιδόναι - - -] Solomonik 1964;
corr. Robert in BullEp
6:
scripsi
[- - -]ειν ὑ̣μ̣ᾶ̣ς̣ [- - -] Solomonik 1964
1-2:
[- - -]οσα[- - - /- - - δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλ]ῇ καὶ τῷ δ[ήμῷ - - -] ed. pr.;
[Αὐτοκράτωρ Μ. Αὐρήλιος Κόμο]δ̣ος
Ἀ[ντονεῖνος Σεβαστὸς ... Χερσονησιτῶν τοῖς ἄρχουσι / καὶ τῇ
βουλ]ῇ καὶ τῷ δ[ήμῷ χαίρειν] Solomonik 1964
4:
[ὁ δ]ῆμος[ ---] ed. pr.;
δ]ημοσί[ᾳ - - -] Solomonik 1964
Translation
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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