III 344. Chersonesos. Epitaph of a man, I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 14.0, W. 12.0, Th. 7.0.

Additional description

Part of the right side of the panel. The front is well worked. Relief in an inset rectangular field. The inscription is cut below the relief in large sloppy lettes. Some letters are damaged (possibly, intentionally). 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay ("upper animal farm"). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1908, excavations of N.I. Repnikov (НА НЗХТ, д. 59, л. 19, Letter № 1 from Repnikov to Latyshev).  

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 107/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, delta with projecting right hasta, pi with even verticals and extended horizontal, sigma with horizontal top and bottom bars and widely splayed middle bars; light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1909b, 43, № 4; IOSPE I2 500. 

Edition

[---]άδης
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΑΔΗΣ
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="I">άδης</seg>
      	<lb n="1a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Commentary

I century C.E. (probably 2nd half).

 

Images

 

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