III 67. Chersonesos. Decree, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 10.5, W. 8.5, Th. 6.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides, damaged by fire. The front is planed, the back is roughly picked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, harbour area (Enclosure 54 б). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1965, excavations of V.V. Kuchma (НА НЗХТ, Report on excavations in the harbour for 1965, p. 17). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 10/36707. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. I was not able to find the monument in the repository of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with projecting right hasta; serifs; ligatures. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973), 39, № 1 (= НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 117). 

Edition

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[τὸ δὲ ψάφισμα τοῦτο ἀναγρα]φᾶμ[εν λευκο-]
[λίθου στάλᾳ καὶ θέμεν ἐν] τῶι ἐπ[ισαμο-]
[τάτωι τᾶς ἀκροπόλιος τόπωι]· ταῦτ’ ἔ̣δ̣ο[ξε]
[βουλᾷ δάμωι---]
[---]

Diplomatic

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[......................]ΦΑΜ[.......-]
[....................]ΤΩΙΕΠ[.....-]
[.......................]ΤΑΥΤ..Ο[..]
[..........---]
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Translation

- - - to inscribe [this decision on a white stele and set it up in the] most pro[minent place of the acropolis.] This has been [decided by the Council and the People] - - -

 

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