III 368. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Severas, end of II - early III century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 53.0, W. 37.0, Th. 10.0.
Additional description
Rectangular panel with relief pediment and acroteria. Cut off at the bottom. In a rectangular inset area: male portrait in relief, up to the waist. Below the relief is a three-line inscription cut following ruled lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southeast sector of Chersonesos, peribolos by Curtain Wall 19 of the fortification wall.
Find circumstances
Found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, л. 17, № 183; д. 29, л. 4, № 183).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3630.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Cursive and rectangular sigma, omega in the shape of upside down mu, word divisions.
Letterheights (cm)
2.0
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
End of II - early III century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
IOSPE IV 114; IOSPE I2 491.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Σεβηρᾶς Λίλλω
<lb n="2" break="no"/>νος ὁ καὶ <unclear>Λ</unclear>ίλλις, ζή
<lb n="3" break="no"/><surplus>σ<unclear>η</unclear></surplus>σας <unclear>ἔ</unclear>τη <num value="37">τριάκοντα
<g ref="#stop"/> ζ</num> <g ref="#stop"/>
</ab>
</div> Commentaries
Latyshev 1902, 61; Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 482; Ivanova 1941, 110; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 116, № 363; Solomonik 1990, 88, № 89.
Apparatus criticus
2:
[Δ]ι[ᾶ]λις vel fortasse Λίλλις IOSPE;
[Λ]ίλλις Kieseritzky
2-3:
ΖΗ/ΣΗΣΑΣ lapis
Translation
Severas, son of Lillon, also known as Lillis, having lived 37 years.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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