III 389. Chersonesos. Epitaph, II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 17.0, W. 18.0, Th. 7.0.

Additional description

Upper left corner of a panel. Possibly designed to be inset in a larger block. Relief of a male head in profile. Two lines of text to the right of the relief. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, proteichisma by Curtain Wall 19 of the fortification walls, foundation masonry. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1958, conservation works of S.F. Strzheletsky. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 23/36558. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Cursive epsilon. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, type of gravestone. 

Editions

Shcheglov 1964, 216. 

Edition

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ἐ[τῶν---]
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Diplomatic

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Ε[...---]
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EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="2"/>ἐ<supplied reason="lost">τῶν</supplied><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976, № 357. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: supplevi (vel 1/2: [- - - ζήσας] | ἔ[τη]).

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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