III 106. Chersonesos. Letter (?), 2nd half of II - early III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 10.0, W. 8.5, Th. 2.5.

Additional description

Two joining fragments of a panel, broken off on all sides. The front and bacl are carefully polished. Remains of four lines of text. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, by the Quarantine Bay ("fortress" chapel by the fortification wall"). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 16, № 319; д. 36, л. 7, № 319). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34946. 

Autopsy

One of the two fragments (the left one) is considered lost since at least the 1970s, non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Cursive mu, omega; large oval omictorn, rectanfular sigma; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2

Text

Category

Letter ? 

Date

2nd half of II - early III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1908, 27, № 18 (= IOSPE I2 372). 

Edition

[---]
[--- Χερσονη?]σ̣σειτ̣ῶν [---]
[---]ων τῆς χ[---]
[---]ν οἱ ἄ̣ρχον[τες ---]
[---]ις ἐγὼ [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---.......].ΣΕΙ.ΩΝ[---]
[---]ΩΝΤΗΣΧ[---]
[---]ΝΟΙ.ΡΧΟΝ[...---]
[---]ΙΣΕΓΩ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost" cert="low">Χερσονη</supplied><unclear>σ</unclear>σει<unclear>τ</unclear>ῶν <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">ων</w> τῆς 
               <w part="I">χ</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">ν</w> οἱ 
               <unclear>ἄ</unclear>ρχον<supplied reason="lost">τες</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">ις</w> ἐγὼ <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Solomonik 1983, 70 (= SEG 33, 595-596). 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: suppl. dubitanter Solomonik; [- - -]σει [τ]ῶν [- - -] IOSPE I2
2: χ[ώρας ? - - -] edd.

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

  

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