Строительная надпись из Танаиса: еще раз к вопросу о еврейской общине в Танаисе

Вестник древней истории. 2020. Т. 80. № 4. С. 943–953.

Ivantchik A.

The article represents a publication of a building inscription from Tanais, fragments of which were found mainly in situ during excavations on the agora in 1993. The inscription dates back to the end of the reign of Sauromates II (most likely the first decade of the 3rd century AD) and reports on the restoration of a portico financed by the royal presbeutes whose name is not preserved. The construction work was organized by hellenarches Basileides, son of Theoneikos, and another official, of whose name only the patronymic – “son of Samuel” - has been preserved. The inscription increases the number of known inhabitants of Tanais, who bore Jewish names, and additionally confirms the existence of the Jewish community in the city. One of the buildings discovered on the agora (Bau 6) may have been a mikveh used by its members.

Keywords: евреи, Jews, Greek epigraphy, греческая эпиграфика, Bosporan kingdom, Боспорское царство, Северное Причерноморье в древности, Northern Black Sea region, Tanais, Танаис, hellenarches, эллинарх