III 168. Chersonesos. Inscription honouring (?) Trebonianus Gallus, 251-253 C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 15.5, W. 14.0, Th. 2.5.

Additional description

Upper part of a panel with moulded borders. Four joining fragments. Polished on all sides. Three-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. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 2, № 51; д. 20, л. 3, № 51). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35108. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Large, slightly elongated letters; serifs and slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

3

Text

Category

Honorific inscription (?). 

Date

251-253 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Prosopography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1892, 32, № 14; IOSPE IV 151; 590; НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) II 123. 

Edition

[Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Τ]ρεβωνιαν[ὸν Γάλλον]
[Εὐσεβῆ Εὐτυχῆ Σεβαστὸ]ν καὶ Αὐτο[κράτορα]
[Καίσαρα --- Γάλ]λον Β̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[...................]ΡΕΒΩΝΙΑΝ[.. ......]
[...................]ΝΚΑΙΑΥΤΟ[.......]
[.......---...]ΛΟΝ.[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">Αὐτοκράτορα
      		   Καίσαρα</supplied> 
      
      <supplied reason="lost">Τ</supplied><supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">ρεβ</supplied>ωνιαν<supplied reason="lost">ὸν</supplied>
      
      		   <supplied reason="lost">Γάλλον</supplied>
      		<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Εὐσεβῆ Εὐτυχῆ</supplied> 
      <supplied reason="lost">Σεβαστὸ</supplied>ν καὶ 
      Αὐτο<supplied reason="lost">κράτορα</supplied>
            <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">Καίσαρα</supplied> 
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      <supplied reason="lost">Γάλ</supplied>λον <orig><unclear>Β</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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Commentaries

Latyshev 1895, 78, ad № 14; Solomonik 1990, 44, № 34. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: rest. Solomonik 1964
2-3: [Σεβαστὸν - - -]ν καὶ Αὐτο[κράτορα / Καίσαρα - - - - Ἀφίνιον Γάλ]λον Β̣[ελδουμνιανὸν] Solomonik 1964
4-5: [Βολουσιανὸν Σεβαστὸν - - - / βουλὴ καὶ δῆμος] Solomonik 1964

Translation

 

Images

 

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