I 40. Nikonion. Incertum, III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble, white, with gray veins.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 6.5, W. 13.6, Th. 2.2.
Additional description
Two joining fragments. The front is carefully planed, other faces are broken off.
Place of Origin
Nikonion.
Find place
Roxolany, Ovidiopolis district, Odessa region.
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Found in 1959, excavations of M.S. Sinitzyn.
Modern location
Odessa.
Institution and inventory
Odessa Archaeological Museum, 72613.
Autopsy
A.I. Ivantchik, September 2008
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front. Broken off on the right. Probably, just one line of text. Margins: left - no less than 6,0; top - no less than 2,0; bottom - no less than 3,2. H. 1.4, W. 5.7
Lettering
Deeply cut but uneven letters, without serifs. Alpha with straight crossbar; nu with a short right vertical, slightly turned outward.
Letterheights (cm)
1.3-1.6
Text
Category
Unknown.
Date
III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Ineditum..
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><orig>ΤΑΝΑ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
Translation
Not attempted.
Images
© 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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