III 376. Chersonesos. Epitaph with a curse, II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 27.0, W. 20.0, Th. 8.0.
Additional description
Upper left corner. The stone is damaged by fire. The back is treated summarily. Nine lines of text.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
There is no record in НА НЗХТ. Found before 1881, possibly in the course of excavations conducted by the Odessa Archaeological Society in 1879-1880 (in the northeast sector of the citadel, near the Eastern and Uvarov basilicae).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3359.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Alpha with straight crossbar, cursive epsilon, sigma, iota mutum, oval omicron; serifs used in moderation; ligatures.
Letterheights (cm)
1.4
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Yurgevich 1881a, 220, № 2; IOSPE 212; IOSPE I2 451.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>κατ<unclear>ὰ</unclear> τ<supplied reason="lost">ὰ</supplied> <unclear>δ</unclear>όξαντ<supplied reason="lost">α</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">φα</supplied>
<lb n="2" break="no"/>νερὸν ποιοῦσιν <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/>Λουκίου καὶ
Ἀρριαν<supplied reason="lost">ὸς</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="4"/><seg part="F">δης</seg> Σανβατίωνος
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="5"/>α Κατίων τῷ μηδεν<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">φ</supplied>
<lb n="6" break="no"/>ρουρίζιν μήτ<unclear>ε</unclear> <unclear>ἕ</unclear>τ<supplied reason="lost">ερόν</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">τινα</supplied><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="7"/>βάλλει<unclear>ν</unclear> ἐν τῷ μν<supplied reason="lost">ημείῳ</supplied>
<w part="I"><supplied reason="lost">μήτε</supplied></w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<supplied reason="lost">σῶ</supplied>
<lb n="8" break="no"/>μα ἐξάγιν τοῦ μ<supplied reason="lost">νημείου</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">εἰ δέ
τις παρὰ ταῦτά</supplied>
<lb n="9"/><supplied reason="lost"><supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">τι</supplied></supplied>
<supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor"><unclear>π</unclear>οιοίη</supplied>
<supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor"><orig>ακ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character"/><orig>ιπ</orig></supplied><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="9a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div> Commentaries
Solomonik 1979, 119.
Apparatus criticus
2:
[οἱ - - -] IOSPE
4:
legit Solomonik;
δησσαν [Κ]ατίωνος [- - -] Yurgevich, IOSPE
7:
μν[ημείῳ μήτε τὸ - - - σῶ] IOSPE
Translation
In accordance with the resolution [of the Council and the People] make it clear [- - -] that son of Lukios and Arrianos [- - -], (son of) Sambation... Kation [- - -] not to inter anyone else in the grave, not to take [the bo]dy out from the g[rave. If anyone] does [anything contrary?]
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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