III 144. Chersonesos. Building inscription of unknown, 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.
Monument
Type
Column.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 32.0, W. 12.0, Th. 23.0.
Additional description
Broken off on all sides. Reused in the construction of a basilica.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica (№ 23).
Find circumstances
Found in 1853, excavations of A.S. Uvarov.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 52/36504.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Some letters slightly elongated, rectangular sigma, light serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
3.0
Text
Category
Building inscription.
Date
2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Stefani 1866, 235, № 5; IOSPE I 207; IOSPE I2 444.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="7" precision="low" unit="character"/>
<seg part="I">Ἀρισ<unclear>τ</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character" precision="low"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character" precision="low"/>
<supplied reason="lost">φιλο</supplied>τειμ<supplied reason="lost">ησάμε</supplied>
<lb n="3" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">νος</supplied>
εἰς τ<supplied reason="lost">ὸν</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">κείονα</supplied>
<lb n="4"/><g ref="#denarius"/> δι<supplied reason="lost">ακόσια</supplied>.
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Uvarov 1855, 159 сл; Mansvetov 1872, 78 слл.; Pichikyan 1976a, 103; Pichikyan 1984, 249.
Apparatus criticus
2-3:
suppl.;
не исключаю [- - - ἐφιλο]τειμ[ήσα|το]
3:
fin.: εἰς τ[. . κείονα.] IOSPE;
εἰς τ[ὸν κείονα vel τοὺς κείονας] Stefani
4:
δι[ακόσια ?] IOSPE
Translation
- - -, (son of) Arist[- - -], (dedicated), [having do]nat[ed] for the [column 200?] denarii.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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