III 98. Chersonesos. Decree, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 12.5, W. 5.5, Th. 4.3.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. The front is planed. Seven lines of text. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos (Block VII, square 11Б, plot 2, rubble deposit, upper layer). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1986, excavations of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of USSR. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 1/37113. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; slightly curved hastae of some letters; word divisions, ligatures, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Saprykin 1991, 193 (= SEG 43, 498). 

Edition

[---]
[--- τὸ δὲ ψάφισμα τοῦτο]
[ἀναγραφᾶμεν λευκο]λίθο[υ στάλαι καὶ θέμεν ἐν τῶι]
[ἐπισαμοτάτωι τᾶς] ἀ̣κροπ[όλιος τόπωι· ταῦτ’ ἔδοξε]
[βουλᾶι δάμωι], [β]ασιλε[υούσας Παρθένου, ἔτεος ...]
[ἱερέως δὲ . 5.]ΟΥΝΤΟ[--- γραμμα-]
5[τεύοντος --- Πυ]θοδό[του ---]
[--- μανὸς ---]είου • ιε̣´· [ἐσφραγίσαντο α´ στίχωι]·
[θεὰ βασίλισσα Παρθέν]ος [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---................]
[................]ΛΙΘΟ[....................]
[...............].ΚΡΟΠ[.....................]
[............]ΑΣΙΛΕ[....................···]
[........·····]ΟΥΝΤΟ[---......-]
5[........---..]ΘΟΔΟ[...---]
[---.....---]ΕΙΟΥ•Ι.[...................]
[..................]ΟΣ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="1a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">τὸ δὲ ψάφισμα τοῦτο</supplied>
      		<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">ἀναγραφᾶμεν</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">λευκο</supplied>λίθο<supplied reason="lost">υ</supplied> 
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            <supplied reason="lost">Πυ</supplied>θοδό<supplied reason="lost">του</supplied> 
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      		<lb n="6"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">μανὸς</supplied> 
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Apparatus criticus

0-3: rest. ed. pr.
3: [βουλᾶι και δάμωι] ed. pr., correxi.
4-6: 4 fin. - 6: scripsi [ἐπὶ γραμματεούντος (sic) - - - / - - - υἱοῦ Τ. Φλαουίου Πυ]θοδό[του ἐπὶ ? / ἱερέως - - - μανὸς Λυκ]είου ed. pr.

Translation

- - - [to inscribe this decision on a stele of white] stone [and set it up in the most prominent place of the] acrop[olis. The Council and the People decided this,] in the reign [of Parthenos, in the year - - -, when - - - served as priest, and Py]thodo[tos as secretary,] on the 15th [of the month - - -. Applied their seals: goddess queen Parthen]os [- - -].

 

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