I 63. Tyras. Incertum, III century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble, white.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 8.5, W. 6.2, Th. 3.9.
Additional description
The front is polished, the back is treated summarily, other sides are broken off.
Place of Origin
Tyras.
Find place
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
Find context
In secondary context.
Find circumstances
Random find in 1982 by V.P. Pushkarev, in the area of the Akkerman fortress. In the same year, given to the museum; field catalogue number БД-82/59.
Modern location
Odessa.
Institution and inventory
Odessa Archaeological Museum, 88367.
Autopsy
A.I. Ivantchik, August 2006.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front. Broken off on all sides, except the top. Margins: top - no less than 2,0cm. H. 5.4, W. 5.9
Lettering
Quite carefully and deeply cut letters, adorned with large serifs and decorative horizontal bars. Diamond-shaped omicron, with all its corners adorned with serifs; phi with projecting vertical. Word divisions in the shape of a leaf.
Letterheights (cm)
2.4-2.7
Text
Category
Incertum.
Date
III century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Ineditum.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Κ</unclear>ΙΟ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Φ</unclear></orig> <orig>Ο</orig><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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