III 90. Chersonesos. Decree with a list of "those who sapplied their seals", 1st half of II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 30.0, W. 29.5, Th. 10.0.

Additional description

Fragment of a panel, broken off on all sides; split into two pieces. Partly preserved 13 lines of text. The front is polished, the back is roughly picked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Found in the central part of the citadel, north of St. Vladimir cathedral, to the right of the Main street (2nd Block in the vicinity of IIIrd cross street, on the wall of medieval House V). 

Find circumstances

Random find by A.K. Takhtay in 1943. Subsequently was considered lost. Rediscovered in 1989, during restoration works in St. Vladimir cathedral. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 72/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Quite wide, deeply cut letters; large theta with detached crossbar; prominent serifs and flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

1st half of II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, prosopography. 

Editions

Takhtay 1947, 59; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 112. 

Edition

[---]
[--- Φ]λά[ο]υ[ιος ---]
[--- Βοΐ]σ̣κ̣ου, Τίτος Φλ(άουιος) [---]
[--- ῾Ερμοκλ?]ῆς Ἀπολλων[ίου ---]
[---] υἱὸς {υἱὸς} Οὐλπίου [---]
5[---]. Ἀρίστων Ἀπολλω[νίδου? ---]
[---] Διο[γ]ένους, Βοΐσκος Ζῆθου, Διο[---]
[--- Μάρ?]κελλος· γ´· Γαζούριος Μητροδ[ώρου ---]
[Τ(ίτος) Φλ(άουιος) Παρθενοκλ?]ῆ̣ς υἱὸς Φλαουίου Παρθενοκλέ[ους ---]
[--- υἱὸς] Φλαουίου Ἀπολλωνίου, Ἡρακλε[ίδης? ---]
10[--- Χρη]στίωνος ἄρχων, Ἀπελλᾶς [---]
[---]ς Φιλομούσου ἄρχων, Ἡρο [---]
[--- νομοφύ]λαξ καὶ ὁ γραμμ[ατεύς τῆς βουλῆς]
[--- υἱὸς Φ]λαουίου [.]ά[---].

Diplomatic

[---]
[---.]ΛΑ[.]Υ[...---]
[---...]..ΟΥΤΙΤΟΣΦΛ[---]
[---.......]ΗΣΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ[...---]
[---]ΥΙΟΣΥΙΟΣΟΥΛΠΙΟΥ[---]
5[---]·ΑΡΙΣΤΩΝΑΠΟΛΛΩ[.....---]
[---]ΔΙΟ[.]ΕΝΟΥΣΒΟΙΣΚΟΣΖΗΘΟΥΔΙΟ[---]
[---...]ΚΕΛΛΟΣΓΓΑΖΟΥΡΙΟΣΜΗΤΡΟΔ[....---]
[............].ΣΥΙΟΣΦΛΑΟΥΙΟΥΠΑΡΘΕΝΟΚΛΕ[...---]
[---....]ΦΛΑΟΥΙΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥΗΡΑΚΛΕ[....---]
10[---...]ΣΤΙΩΝΟΣΑΡΧΩΝΑΠΕΛΛΑΣ[---]
[---]ΣΦΙΛΟΜΟΥΣΟΥΑΡΧΩΝΗΡΟ[---]
[---......]ΛΑΞΚΑΙΟΓΡΑΜΜ[..............]
[---.....]ΛΑΟΥΙΟΥ[·]Α[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Vinogradov 1993, 63 (= SEG 46, 929); Solomonik 1996, 52 (= SEG 46, 929); Makarov 2013a, 106. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: [Δημοκράτης Βοΐσ]κου ed. pr. Solomonik 1973
3: [- - - ῾Ερμοκλ]ῆς ed. pr. Solomonik 1973
4: in.: {υἱὸς} Solomonik 1973; [Ἁγεπό]λ̣ιος υἱὸς per errorem Vinogradov
5: fin.: Ἀπολλω[νίδου - - -] ed. pr. Solomonik 1973
6: in.: [Θεαγένης] ed. pr.; fin.: Διο[γένης Διογένους ?] ed. pr.
7: in.: [Μάρ]κελλος Solomonik 1973; [Σ]κέλλος ed. pr.
8: in.: [Τ(ίτος) Φλ(άουιος) Παρθενοκλ]ῆ̣ς ed. pr.
9: in.: [Τ. Φλάουιος Ἀρίστων υἱὸς ?] ed. pr.; fin.: Ηρακλε[ίδης Θεαγενίωνος] ed. pr.
10: in.: [Πυθόδωρος Χρ]ηστίωνος ed. pr.; fin.: [υἱὸς Ἀπελλᾶ ἄρχων?] ed. pr.
11: in.: [υἱὸ]ς Φιλομούσου ed. pr.; возможно, [- - - - - - Βοΐσκο]ς Φιλομούσου (?)(cf. comment.); fin.: Ἡροι[δα (?) - - -] ed. pr. (sic); Ἡροΐ[δας] Solomonik 1973
13: fin.: Φλαουίου [Π]α[ρθενοκλέους?] ed. pr.; Φλαουίου [Ν]ά[σωνος] Solomonik 1973

Translation

- - - [F]lav[ius - - - son of Boi]skos, Titus Fl(avius) [- - - Ermokl?]es, (son of) Apolloni[ios - - - son {son} of Ulpius [- - -] Ariston, (son of) Apollo[nides - - -] (son of) Diogenes, Boiskos, (son of) Zethos, Dio[- - -] [- - - Mar?]kellos; in the third row: Gazourios, (son of) Metrod[oros - - -] [T(itus) Fl(avius) Parthenokl?]es, son of Flavius Parthenokle[s - - -] son of Flavius Aopllonios, Herakle[ides? - - -] [son of Chre]stion, archon, Apellas [- - -], (son of) Philomousos, archon, Hero[- - -, nomophy]lax and secr[etrary of the Council - - - son of F]lavius - - -

 

Commentary

НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 112 (lines 11-23, mistakenly joined with other fragments).

5 start: part of a vertical, N ed. pr.

7 middle: dots used as word divisions on either side of gamma.

 

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