III 349. Chersonesos. Epitaph, I-II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 6.5, W. 9.5, Th. 2.5.
Additional description
Broken off on all sides. The front is roughly worked, chipped and dented. A two-line inscription is cut on the front, the lines of text divided by a deep horizontal line.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
South sector of Chersonesos, necropolis outside the southern city wall.
Find circumstances
Found in 1892, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 21, л. 5, № 82; д. 112, л. 202, № 82).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34996.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Alpha with straight crossbar, fnu with even verticals, our-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
2.5
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
I-II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 87.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F"><unclear>ρ</unclear>ις</seg> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <w part="I"><supplied reason="lost">γ</supplied>υν<unclear>ά</unclear></w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
1: [Σωτη?]ρίς Solomonik
Translation
Not attempted.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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