III 340. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Kyricha, late I - early II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 12.0, W. 12.5, Th. 6.0.

Additional description

Partly preserved left side. Relief at the top. The front is well worked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, area of the "citadel" on the site of the excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich ("near the ruins of a chapel by the monastery wall"). 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1907, on the site of the excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д.112, № 229). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35115. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters; alpha with broken crossbar, alpha and delta with projecting right diagonal, mu in the shape of two intersecting lambdas, rho with a small loop; no serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late I - early II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1908, 22, № 10; IOSPE I2 517. 

Edition

Κυρίχα Μυ[---]
γυνὰ δὲ Με[---],
χ[αῖρε].

Diplomatic

ΚΥΡΙΧΑ ΜΥ[---]
ΓΥΝΑΔΕΜΕ[---]
Χ[....]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Κυρίχα 
      	     <seg part="I">Μυ</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/>γυνὰ δὲ <seg part="I">Με</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>,
      	<lb n="3"/>χ<supplied reason="lost">αῖρε</supplied>.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

rest. Latyshev

Translation

Kyricha, [(daughter of)] Mu[---], wife of Me[---], greeting.

 

Images

 

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