III 391. Chersonesos. Epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 7.0, W. 9.5, Th. 1.6.

Additional description

Partly preserved lower part of a panel. The front and back are polished. Subsequent to editio princeps, the top right corner was chipped off and lost. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos (between monastery vegetable garden and the battery of Canet, Enclosure V. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1911, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 104, л. 10, № 1129). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35000. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; serifs, word divisions in the shape of triangles. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 717. 

Edition

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[---].Σ Ζ[---]
[---ἔτ]η̣ ν´, χα[ῖρε]
vac.

Diplomatic

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EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

1: в начале стк. низ вертикальной гасты; после Σ треугольник-разделитель. ὁ δεῖνα . . . . . | . . . ο]υς ζ[ήσας] IOSPE I2
2: [ἔτ]η IOSPE

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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