I 60. Tyras. Incertum, 1st half of III century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble, white.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 4.8, W. 8.2, Th. 2.7.
Additional description
The front and back are polished, the rest are broken off.
Place of Origin
Tyras.
Find place
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
Find context
Excavation trench in the garrison courtyard of the fortress (РК-4), in a mixed layer, but with predominantly Roman material.
Find circumstances
Found in 2007, excavations of T.L. Samoylova.
Modern location
Odessa.
Institution and inventory
Department of Archaeology of the Northern Black Sea Coast, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, field catalogue number - БТЭ-07, РК-4, с. 37, № 190.
Autopsy
A.I. Ivantchik, August 2007.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front. Broken off on all sides. H. 4.4, W. 7.7
Lettering
Quite deeply and neatly, although not evenly cut letters, without ruled lines; adorned with serifs. Horseshoe omega with inward curved ends and two horizontal understrokes. Average distance between lines: 1,0cm.
Letterheights (cm)
1.8
Text
Category
Incertum.
Date
1st half of 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="1" unit="character"/>
<orig>ΑΛΕ</orig> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
ἄρχω<unclear>ν</unclear> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
Translation
Not attempted.
Images
© 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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