III 156. Chersonesos. Honorific decree of Sosike, I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 15.5, W. 21.0, Th. 4.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides except the bottom. On the front" four-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the cidadel, square of St. Vladimir cathedral (southeast corner, {при зачистке} to bedrock). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1896, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 5, л. 6, № 129; д. 25, л. 3, № 129). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35093. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letterstrokes, alpha with broken crossbar, delta with slightly projecting right hasta, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, narrow oval omicron and omega; small serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.7

Text

Category

Honorific inscription. 

Date

I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, explicit date. 

Editions

Latyshev 1899, 11, № 7; IOSPE IV 92; IOSPE I2 430. 

Edition

[---]
[--- Σω]σ̣ίκαν Ξα[νθ---]
[γυναῖκ]α̣ δὲ Ἀπολλω[ν---]
[ἱερ]α̣τεύσασαν
[ἔτεος] ἑξηκοστοῦ καὶ τ[---]
5 vac.

Diplomatic

[---]
[---..].ΙΚΑΝΞΑ[..---]
[......].ΔΕΑΠΟΛΛΩ[.---]
[...].ΤΕΥΣΑΣΑΝ
[.....]ΕΞΗΚΟΣΤΟΥΚΑΙΤ[---]
5      

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

0-1: scripsi [ὁ δᾶμος Σω]σ̣ίκαν Ξά[νθου] IOSPE I2
2: Ἀπολλω̣[νίου] edd.
4: fin.: τ[ρίτου] aut τ[ετάρτου] edd.
5: vacat; om. IOSPE I2

Translation

 

Images

 

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