III 143. Chersonesos.Building inscription of Aur. Dionysios, 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Column. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Additional description

Broken off on the top and bottom. Reused in the construction of a basilica. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica (№ 23). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1853, excavations of A.S. Uvarov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, no inventory number. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Some letters slightly elongated, sigma with horizontal top and bottom bars, phi with projecting vertical; large serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5

Text

Category

Building inscription. 

Date

2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Stefani1866, 234, № 4; IOSPE I 206; IOSPE I2 443. 

Edition

Αὐρ(έλιος) Διονύσιος
Πρείσκου ἐφιλο-
τειμήσατο εἰς
τὸν κείονα
5�� τ´

Diplomatic

ΑΥΡΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ
ΠΡΕΙΣΚΟΥΕΦΙΛΟ
ΤΕΙΜΗΣΑΤΟΕΙΣ
ΤΟΝΚΕΙΟΝΑ
5��Τ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Αὐρ</abbr><ex>έλιος</ex></expan> 
         Διονύσιος
      <lb n="2"/>Πρείσκου ἐφιλο
      <lb n="3" break="no"/>τειμήσατο εἰς
      <lb n="4"/>τὸν κείονα
      <lb n="5"/><g ref="#denarius"/> <num value="300">τ</num>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Uvarov1855, 159 сл; Mansvetov1872, 78 слл.; Pichikyan1976a, 91, 103; Pichikyan1984, 249. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Aur(elius) Dionysios, (son of) Priscus, donated for the column 300 denarii.

 

Images

 

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