III 388. Chersonesos. Epitaph, 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 17.0, W. 12.5, Th. 5.0.

Additional description

Bottom of panel with relief border. The front is well worked. Three-line inscription, cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Roman "citadel" (removed from the "additional" monastery wall constructed ca. 1880 over the damaged sections of the ancient fortification wall). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907 excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 16, № 314; д. 36, л. 5, № 314). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34865. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, omicron slightly smaller than other letters, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1908, 20, № 7; IOSPE I2 501. 

Edition

[---]
[--- συ]νγενοῦς ΕΚΔ̣[---]
[---]ον Οὐα<λ>εριαν[οῦ ---]
[---μνήμης χ]άριν

2: orig. ΟΥΑΕΡΙΑΝ

Diplomatic

[---]
[---..]ΝΓΕΝΟΥΣΕΚ.[---]
[---]ΟΝΟΥΑΕΡΙΑΝ[..---]
[---.......]ΑΡΙΝ

2: orig. ΟΥΑΕΡΙΑΝ

EpiDoc (XML)

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     <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
         <supplied reason="lost">συ</supplied>νγενοῦς 
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     <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">ον</w> Οὐα<supplied reason="omitted">λ</supplied>εριαν<supplied reason="lost">οῦ</supplied> 
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    <lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">μνήμης</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">χ</supplied>άριν
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Apparatus criticus

1: supplevi (cf. № ipe486, l. 4: συνγενῖ) [- - -]ιν γένους ἐκδ[- - -] - edd.
2: ΟΥΑΑΡΙΑΝ lapis

Translation

[---] relative [---] of Valerianus [---] for commemoration.

 

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.)