III 440. Chersonesos. Incertum, Late Hellenistic or Roman period.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 15.0, W. 15.0, Th. 6.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the cidadel, square of St. Vladimir cathedral (Trench I). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 2, № 58; д. 20, № 58). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34926. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

Late Hellenistic or Roman period. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1892, 33, № 17 (= IOSPE IV 98); IOSPE I2 397. 

Edition

[---]
[---]ία vac.
[---].σα̣ vac.
[--- Φ]ορμίων[---]
[---]θ̣αιο[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]ΙΑ      
[---]·Σ.      
[---.]ΟΡΜΙΩΝ[---]
[---].ΑΙΟ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

1: [ὁ δεῖνα - - -] edd.
2: in.: Α̣ (?); [ὁ δεῖνα - - -] edd.
3: scripsi; [ὁ δεῖνα - - -Φ]ορμίων[ος] Latyshev; [- - - Φ]ορμίων IOSPE I2
4: [ὁ δεῖνα - - - θ]αίο[υ] edd.

Translation

 

Images

  

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