III 352. Chersonesos. Epitaph, not before I cent C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 27.0, W. 40.0, Th. 10.0.

Additional description

Bottom part is preserved with two lines of text, badly damaged. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

«In coemeterio antiquo» (IOSPE), probably necropolis by the southern and southeastern fortification walls. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1894, probably excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. I was not able to find the monument in the repository of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Unknown. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Not before I cent C.E. 

Dating criteria

Formula. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 537. 

Edition

[---]
[ἐτῶν .. ? ..] ζ´,
χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

[---]
[...... ? ..]Ζ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">ἐτῶν</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character"/> <num value="7">ζ</num>, 
      		<lb n="2"/>χαῖρε.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Commentary

The indication of the age of the deceased suggests that we should date the inscription to the Roman period.

 

Images

 

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to the EpiDoc schema.)