III 206. Chersonesos. Metrical epitaph, III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 87.0, W. 22.0, Th. 17.5.

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

 

Find circumstances

 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 7/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with slanting crossbar, no serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 58. 

Edition

[---πάντα σὺ],[Ἥλ]ιε̣, λεύσεις
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]οκράτην
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]α̣ς ἔχοντα
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]βασκανείης
5[ - - - - - - - - - - ]Μ̣Α̣ΠΕΥΣΑΣ

Diplomatic

[---.........]Ι.ΛΕΥΣΕΙΣ
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]ΟΚΡΑΤΗΝ
[ - - - - - - - - - - ].ΣΕΧΟΝΤΑ
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]ΒΑΣΚΑΝΕΙΗΣ
5[ - - - - - - - - - - ]..ΠΕΥΣΑΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Edition in Verse


[---πάντα σὺ],[Ἥλ]ιε̣, λεύσεις |
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]οκράτην |
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]α̣ς ἔχοντα |
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]βασκανείης |
(5) [ - - - - - - - - - - ]Μ̣Α̣ΠΕΥΣΑΣ
Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976, № 386; Nadel 1976, 201. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: scripsi λεύσεις = λεύσσεις; [- - - Ἥλιε - - -]ν ἐλεύσεις ed. pr.
2: [- - - e.g. Δημ]οκράτην ed. pr.
3: [- - - ? ἀρετ]ὰς ἔχοντα ed. pr.
4: [- - - ἀπὸ] βασκανείης ed. pr.

Translation

[--- you, Helios] will gaze [- - -]krates, [- - -] who has [- - -] envy [- - -]

 

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