III 357. Chersonesos. Epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 15.0, W. 10.0, Th. 4.0.

Additional description

Possibly an inset for a large limestone block. Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, area of the "citadel," by Curtain Wall XIX (Block VI, layer 2). 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1955, excavations of K.E. Grinevich (НА НЗХТ, д. 231, № 334а; д. 229, л. 33). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35257. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, large omicron, cursive sigma, prominent serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 57 (cf. Bull.ép. 1964, 314). 

Edition

[---]
[Ἀ]ρ̣ιστο-
[..]χ̣ου
[Θρ]ασυ-
[---]υ

Diplomatic

[---]
[.].ΙΣΤΟ
[··].ΟΥ
[..]ΑΣΥ
[---]Υ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">Ἀ</supplied><unclear>ρ</unclear>ιστο 
      <lb n="2" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/><unclear>χ</unclear>ου
      <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">Θρ</supplied>ασυ
      <lb n="4" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>υ
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Shcheglov 1964, 215; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976, № 357; Solomonik 1990, № 99. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1-4: [Ἀ]ριστο|[λό]χου | [Θρ]ασυ|[λόχο]υ однако возможны другие восстановления личных имен. Solomonik 1964

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Commentary

Cf. other Chersonesian monuments of this type: № шанг/04.

 

Images

 

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