III 87. Chersonesos. Decree with a list of "those who applied their seals", II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 20.0, W. 18.0, Th. 5.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. The inscription is cut following ruled lines. The front is well worked, the back is roughly cut. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, near the Eastern Basilica (№ 36). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1908, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 101, л. 24, № 3164; д. 66, л. 65; д. 67, л. 65). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34866. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

alpha with straight crossbar, ligatures, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0-2.0

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, prosopography. 

Editions

Loeper 1912, 62, № 10; IOSPE I2 389 (cf. IOSPE I2 p. 594, corrigendum). 

Edition

[---]
[--- Τ(ίτος) Φλάουιος]
[Ἀγέ]π̣ολις υἱὸς Φλ[αουίου Ἀρίστωνος], [Τ(ίτος) Φλάου-]
[ιος] Ἀρίστων υἱὸς Φ[λαουίου Ἀρίστωνος ---]
[---] Ζήθου· β´· Εὐρύ[δαμος ---]
[---]ος Μητροδώ[ρου ---]
5[. 4.] ου, Τίτος Φ[λαουίος ---]
[. 4. Ἀρί]σ̣τωνος [--- Μᾶρκος Οὔλπιος ---]
[. 4. υἱ]ὸς Οὐ[λπίου ---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---.........]
[...].ΟΛΙΣΥΙΟΣΦΛ[.....................-]
[...]ΑΡΙΣΤΩΝΥΙΟΣΦ[................---]
[---] ΖΗΘΟΥΒΕΥΡΥ[.....---]
[---]ΟΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩ[...---]
5[····]ΟΥΤΙΤΟΣΦ[.......---]
[····...].ΤΩΝΟΣ[---.............---]
[····..]ΟΣ ΟΥ[.....---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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         <supplied reason="lost"><expan><abbr>Τ</abbr><ex>ίτος</ex></expan> 
          Φλάουιος</supplied>
   	<lb n="1b"/><supplied reason="lost">Ἀγέ</supplied><unclear>π</unclear>ολις υἱὸς 
         Φλ<supplied reason="lost">αουίου</supplied> 
         <supplied reason="lost">Ἀρίστωνος</supplied>, 
         <supplied reason="lost"><expan><abbr>Τ</abbr><ex>ίτος</ex></expan></supplied> 
         <supplied reason="lost">Φλάου</supplied> 
   	<lb n="2" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ιος</supplied> Ἀρίστων υἱὸς 
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         <supplied reason="lost">Ἀρίστωνος</supplied>
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   	     Ζήθου· 
         <num value="2">β</num>· 
         Εὐρύ<supplied reason="lost">δαμος</supplied> 
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   	<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">ος</seg> 
      	     Μητροδώ<supplied reason="lost">ρου</supplied> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 	
      <lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> 
         <seg part="F">ου</seg>, 
         Τίτος 
         Φ<supplied reason="lost">λαουίος</supplied> 
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         <supplied reason="lost">Ἀρί</supplied><unclear>σ</unclear>τωνος 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
         <supplied reason="lost">Μᾶρκος 
         Οὔλπιος</supplied> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   	<lb n="7"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">υἱ</supplied>ὸς 
   	     Οὐ<supplied reason="lost">λπίου</supplied> 
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Apparatus criticus

Suppl. Loeper ; [Ἀρί|στων] Ζήθου IOSPE
4: ΜΗ in ligatura
3-4: Εὐρύ[δαμος Διοσκουρίδου, Γα]|[ζούρι]ος Μητροδώ[ρου] IOSPE
5-6: Φ[λάουιος . . . . . . . υἱὸς Φλαουίου | Ἀρίσ]τωνος IOSPE

Translation

[- - - T(itus) Flavius] [Age]polis, son of Fl[avius Ariston], [T(itus) Flavius] Ariston, son of F[lavius Ariston - - -], (son of) Zethos; in the second row: Eury[damos - - -, - - -], (son of) Metrodo[ros - - -], Titus F[lavius - - - of Ari]ston, [- - - Marcus Ulpius - - -], son of Ul[pius] - - -

 

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