III 378. Chersonesos. Epitaph of a woman, II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 18.0, W. 15.0, Th. 7.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay (together with {№ ipe469}). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1897, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, no inventory number. 

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

Alpha with straight crossbar, cursive sigma. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1899, 25, № 38; IOSPE IV 181; IOSPE I2 529. 

Edition

ΗΡΑ̣[---]
[ζ]η̣σασα [ἔτη]

Diplomatic

ΗΡ.[---]
[.].ΣΑΣΑ[...]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
     <lb n="1"/><seg part="I"><orig>ηρ<unclear>α</unclear></orig></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
     <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">ζ</supplied><unclear>η</unclear>σασα <supplied reason="lost">ἔτη</supplied>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: ΗΡ – edd.; скорее всего начало личного имени Ἡρα[- - -] описания в предыдущих изданиях позволяют предполагать два варианта чтения: vac. ΗΡΑ[- - -] vel [- - -] ΗΡΑ[- - -]

Translation

Her[- - -], having lived [...years]

 

Images

 

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