III 43. Chersonesos.Decree, 2nd half of II - early III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.13.0, W.10.0, Th.6.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. Remains of four lines of text. The front is polished. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of the Chersonesos citadel, next to the fortifcation wall by the Quarantine Bay ("area between the boat house and the fortification wall"). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 16, № 331; д. 36, л. 7, № 331). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34856. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Theta with detached crossbar, round omicron equal in size or smaller than other letters, rectangular sigma, ypsilon with decorative crossbar; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Decree ? 

Date

2nd half of II - early III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1908, 27, № 17; IOSPE I2 398. 

Edition

[---]
vac.
[---]νος Θ[---]
[---ν]αύκλη[ρος---]
[---]θεὶς [---]
5[---]λ̣ο.[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
      
[---]ΝΟΣΘ[---]
[---.]ΑΥΚΛΗ[...---]
[---]ΘΕΙΣ[---]
5[---].Ο·[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/><space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">νος</seg> 
         <seg part="I">Θ</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">ν</supplied>αύκλη<supplied reason="lost">ρος</supplied><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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Apparatus criticus

1: in.: [ἐπειδὴ - - -] edd.
3-4: без чтения - edd.
4: в конце стк. верх вертикальной линии.

Translation

- - - [- - - n]aukle[ros?] - - -

 

Images

 

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