III 133. Chersonesos. Mason's marks, IV century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall block. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 22.5, W. 54.0, Th. 35.0.

Additional description

Fully preserved. Reused in the construction of fortification walls. On one of the lateral surfaces: two letters. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, rubble fill of the III-II century B.C.E. in the Curtain Wall 19 (above the wicket by Tower XVI). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1958, conservation works of S.F. Strzheletsky. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 10/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Mu with widely splayed outer hastae, nu with short right vertical; absence of flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

5.0

Text

Category

Building inscription. 

Date

IV century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 23. 

Edition

Μ vac. 4 litt. Ν

Diplomatic

Μ        Ν

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Solomonik 1990, 65, № 59. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

M vac. N

 

Images

 

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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