III 58. Chersonesos. Decree mentioning a sanctuary of Asklepios, 2nd half of I century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 10.5, W. 8.5, Th. 6.0.
Additional description
Broken off on all sides. The front is well worked. Remains of five lines of text.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
North sector of Chersonesos (grid square 10-Б, near the wall of the former St. Vladimir monastery).
Find circumstances
Random find by S.G. Ryzhov in 2001.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 26/37358.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Narrow, shallowly cut letters, alpha with straight crossbar; absence of decorative elements at the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
0.7
Text
Category
Decree.
Date
2nd half of I century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography, formula.
Editions
Makarov 2006 83, № 1 (= SEG 56, 871; cf. Bull.ép. 2007, 410 (Avram)).
[ - - - - - - - - - - ] ἔ̣σ̣[πλουν τε καὶ ἔκπλουν αὐτῷ τε καὶ χράμασι τοῖς αὐ]
[τοῦ ἀ]συλεὶ κ̣[αὶ ἀσπονδεὶ πολέμου καὶ εἰράνας]· [τὸ δὲ ψάφισμα]
[ἀν]αγράψαι εἰς σ̣τ̣[άλαν λευκοῦ λίθου καὶ θέμεν ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι]
[το]ῦ̣ Ἀσκληπ[ιοῦ]· [ - - - - - - - - - - ]
5[ - - - - - - - - - - ].Υ̣Τ̣.[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[---]
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/> <unclear>ἔσ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">πλουν</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τε</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">καὶ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">ἔκπλουν</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">αὐτῷ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τε</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">καὶ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">χράμασι</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τοῖς</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">αὐ</supplied>
<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">τοῦ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">ἀ</supplied>συλεὶ <unclear>κ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">αὶ</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">ἀσπονδεὶ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">πολέμου</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">καὶ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">εἰράνας</supplied>·
<supplied reason="lost">τὸ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">δὲ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">ψάφισμα</supplied>
<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">ἀν</supplied>αγράψαι εἰς <unclear>στ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">άλαν</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">λευκοῦ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">λίθου</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">καὶ</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">θέμεν</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">ἐν</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τῶι</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">ἱερῶι</supplied>
<lb n="4"/><supplied reason="lost">το</supplied><unclear>ῦ</unclear>
Ἀσκληπ<supplied reason="lost">ιοῦ</supplied>· <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ΥΤ</unclear></orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
<lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
2-3:
5:
Translation
[- - - to grant - - - the right of sailing] in [and out of the harbour for him and his goods without a threat of c]onfisca[tion and without a formal treaty, in war time and in peace time; to in]scribe [this decision on a st[ele of white stone and set it up in the sanctuary] of Asklep[ios - - -]
Commentary
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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