I 56. Tyras. Incertum, II-III century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble, white with gray veins.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 15.0, W. 11.6, Th. 4.9.
Additional description
The front is polished, the back is uneven, but smoothed; the bottom is carefully cut, but left without further treatment; other sides are broken off.
Place of Origin
Tyras.
Find place
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
Find context
Central trench, southeast sector, medieval pavement, in secondary use.
Find circumstances
Found in 1979, excavations of I.B. Kleyman; field catalogue number БД-79, № 76 (on the fragment – 76, on the inventory card – 79).
Modern location
Odessa.
Institution and inventory
Odessa Archaeological Museum, 87830.
Autopsy
A.I. Ivantchik, August 2007.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front. Broken off on all sides, except the bottom. Margins: bottom 2,4cm. H. 12.3, W. 10.7
Lettering
Deeply, neatly and beautifully cut letters, adorned with serifs. Word divisions in the shape of a leaf. The lettering is similar to that of IOSPE I2, 14, but our fragment does not belong to that inscription. Average distance between lines: 1,5cm.
Letterheights (cm)
3.3-3.8
Text
Category
Incertum.
Date
II-III century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Ineditum.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <orig>ΟΝ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΟΙ<unclear>Ν</unclear></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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