III 159. Chersonesos. Honorific inscription, late I - 1st half of II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Base. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 26.0, W. 44.0, Th. 44.0.

Additional description

Left bottom corner is preserved. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

In 1883, the monument was in the museum of the Odessa Society for History and Antiquities. There are conflicting reports of its place of find. 

Modern location

Odessa. 

Institution and inventory

Odessa Archaeological Museum, 50608. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Cursive epsilon, mu with parallel outer hastae, large round omicron, small serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.6

Text

Category

Honorific inscription. 

Date

Late I - 1st half of II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I 113; IOSPE I2 427. 

Edition

[--- καλῶς πολιτευσ]ά̣μενον vac.
vac.

Diplomatic

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EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Yurgevich 1887, 67, № 14; Latyshev 1890, 145, ad № 113. 

 
Apparatus criticus

[τὸν δεῖνα καλῶς πολιτευσάμ]ενον 427 IOSPE I2

Translation

 

Images

 

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