III 203. Chersonesos. Metrical epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 69.0, W. 34.0, Th. 15.0.

Additional description

Stele of "Bosporan type," with moulded cornice. Preserved nearly intact (small dents on the top and left). 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Found no later than August 1821 when it was inspected by G.K.E. Koehler in Sevastopol, in the private collection of I.P. Psomas. 

Modern location

Odessa, Ukraine. 

Institution and inventory

Odessa Archaeological Museum, 50063. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, cursive mu, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Metrical epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Koehler 1826, 782, note 812 (= CIG II 2101); IOSPE 213; IOSPE I2 527. 

Edition

τὴν πάσαισι γυ-
ναιξὶ πο[---].ι-
μον, ἀμφ[ί τε] πᾶ-
σιν ἥσυχον ..
5.Α.Γ̣[---]Μ̣Α̣[---]
ΑΣ[---]
Ι̣Τ̣Α̣[---]Ο̣Υ̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

ΤΗΝΠΑΣΑΙΣΙΓΥ
ΝΑΙΞΙΠΟ[---]·Ι
ΜΟΝΑΜΦ[...]ΠΑ
ΣΙΝΗΣΥΧΟΝ··
5·Α·.[---]..[---]
ΑΣ[---]
...[---]..[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Edition in Verse


τὴν πάσαισι γυ|ναιξὶ πο[---].ι|μον,
ἀμφ[ί τε] πᾶ|σιν ἥσυχον .. | (5) .Α.Γ̣[---]Μ̣Α̣[---] | ΑΣ[---] |
Ι̣Τ̣Α̣[---]Ο̣Υ̣[---] | [---]
Commentaries

Becker 1856, 75; Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909, № 301; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976, № 377. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Согласно KW над рельефом на рамке сохранились остатки одной строки с именем и патронимиком: [- - -] Μετ[ό]χο[υ]. Другие издатели не подтверждают и не опровергают это чтение. В настоящее время на рамке видны совершенно стертые следы букв. Не исключаю ошибочное чтение патронимика вместо Ἀντι[ό]χο[υ]. ; в конце стк. перед Ι Ε или прямоугольная Σ;
2/3: πο[θ]ήσι|μον IOSPE; πολύτε|μον (эпиграфическим шрифтом) Koehler; πο[ν]ήσι|μον Kieseritzky
4: fin.: ΙΗ IOSPE
5: in.: перед Α наклонные гасты (от Χ или Κ) Χ IOSPE fin.: на копии IOSPE вилка Χ или Υ.
7: in.: scripsi, ΓΑ IOSPE

Translation

To all women - - - all rested? - - -

 

Commentary

II century C.E. (probably around the middle of the century)

 

Images

 

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