III 420. Chersonesos. Incertum (epitaph ?), IV century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Base. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 22.0, W. 25.0, Th. 60.5.

Additional description

Partially preserved left side of a base. The front is well worked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Western sector of Chersonesos, excavations in the area of Curtain Wall 4 of the fortification walls. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1957, excavations of I.A. Antonova. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 2/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, outer hastae of mu widely spaced, no flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0

Text

Category

Incertun (epitaph?) 

Date

IV century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 74. 

Edition

Μιλη[---]
Μ̣ικα Γ[---]

Diplomatic

ΜΙΛΗ[---]
.ΙΚΑ Γ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><seg part="I">Μιλη</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/><unclear>Μ</unclear>ικα 
      	     <orig>Γ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: Μιλή[σιος]; возможно дополнение как мужского, так и женского антропонима Μιλή[σιος] vel Μιλη[σία]. Solomonik
2: [Ν]ικαγό̣[ρα], однако в начале стк. на камне следы Μ, а в конце стк. отсутствуют следы Ο; не исключаю Μικᾶ γ[υνά] vel Μίκα Γ[- - -] vel sim. Solomonik

Translation

 

Images

 

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