III 157. Chersonesos. Honorific inscription, I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 77.0, W. 43.0, Th. 6.0.

Additional description

The front bears twelve relief crowns with inscriptions. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Until 1872, the monument was in Chersonesos (cf. Mansvetov 1872, 72). 

Modern location

Moscow, Russia. 

Institution and inventory

State Historical Museum, n/a (permanent exhibition). 

Autopsy

 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Delta with projecting right hasta, mu with slanting outer hastae, nu with even verticals, sigma with parallel top and bottom bars. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Honorific inscription. 

Date

I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1884, 43 (= Latyshev 1885, 274); IOSPE I 196 (cf. IGR I 867); IOSPE I2 420. 

Edition

[---]
4
ὁ δ[ᾶμος]
[δα]μιορ[γή-]
[σ]αντι τὰν [πρώ-]
[τ]αν ἀρχὰν
5τρ[ί]ς
[---]
7
δαμιοργήσαντι
8
π[ροδι-]
κ[ήσαν-]
τι
9
10[...]ο[.]
[σα-]
ντι [κα-]
τὰ Βόσ[πο-]
ρον
10
15πρεσβεύ-
σαντι ποτὶ
τὸν τᾶς Μυσί-
ας ἁγεμό-
να
11
20καλῶς
πολειτευ-
σάμενον
12
ὁ δᾶμος
τειμαῖς
25ἀιδίοις

Diplomatic

[---]
4
ΟΔ[....]
[..]ΜΙΟΡ[..-]
[.]ΑΝΤΙΤΑΝ[...-]
[.]ΑΝΑΡΧΑΝ
5ΤΡ[.]Σ
[---]
7
ΔΑΜΙΟΡΓΗΣΑΝΤΙ
8
Π[....-]
Κ[....-]
ΤΙ
9
10[···]Ο[·]
[..-]
ΝΤΙ[..-]
ΤΑΒΟΣ[..-]
ΡΟΝ
10
15ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ
ΣΑΝΤΙΠΟΤΙ
ΤΟΝΤΑΣΜΥΣΙ
ΑΣΑΓΕΜΟ
ΝΑ
11
20ΚΑΛΩΣ
ΠΟΛΕΙΤΕΥ
ΣΑΜΕΝΟΝ
12
ΟΔΑΜΟΣ
ΤΕΙΜΑΙΣ
25ΑΙΔΙΟΙΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Minns 1913, 524, n. 3; Vinogradov 1992, 137 (= Vinogradov 1997, 572); Solomonik 1990, 28, № 19; Sarnovski 2006, 124; Zubar 2004, 49. 

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