III 92. Chersonesos. Decree with a list of "those who applied their seals", II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 11.0, W. 8.0, Th. 3.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides.The front is polished. Four-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, near the Uvarov Basilica (№ 23), in sylos?{в зерновой яме}. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1901, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 30, л. 5, № 213; д. 10, л. 42, эст. № 213). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35110. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Hastae of some letters are slightly curved, delta with projecting right hasta; light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1902a, 27, № 8; IOSPE 388. 

Edition

[---]
[--- θεὰ βασί]λ̣ισσα [Παρθένος ---]
[--- πρῶτος] ἄ̣ρχων [---]
[--- Μητ]ρόδωρο[ς? ---]
[---]Α̣.[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---.......].ΙΣΣΑ[........---]
[---......].ΡΧΩΝ[---]
[---...]ΡΟΔΩΡΟ[.---]
[---].·[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Latyshev 1907, 62, ad № 8. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: [ἄ]ρχων IOSPE
3: vel [Μητ]ροδώρο[υ ?]; [Ματ]ρόδωρο[ς]; [Ἡ]ρόδωρο[ς] Latyshev 1902a
4: om.

Translation

[- - - goddess] queen [Parthenos - - - first] archon [- - -Met]rodoro[s - - -]

 

Commentary

Date: most likely, first half of II century C.E.

 

Images

 

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