III 476. Chersonesos. Incertum, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 18.5, W. 11.5, Th. 3.0.

Additional description

Partly preserved right side of a panel. Five-line inscription cut following ruled lines. The front and back are polished. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chersonesos ("on the acropolis"), the area of the third-century B.C. theatre (northteast of the last "Cruciform Church with Reliquary," possibly on the site of the current Antiquities section of the Museum. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1903, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 12, л. 21; д. 32, л. 2, № 236). 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35106. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, mu with vertical outer hastae; serifs, ligatures. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.6

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1905, 113, № 28 (без чтения); IOSPE I2 610. 

Edition

[---]
[---] . vac.
[---]ΕΥ vac.
[--- ἐπη]νγελμέ-
[---]Σ̣ πεντα-
5[---]ρ̣χ̣α̣ν
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]·      
[---]ΕΥ      
[---...]ΝΓΕΛΜΕ
[---].ΠΕΝΤΑ
5[---]...Ν
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΕΥ</orig> 
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      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <w part="I"><supplied reason="lost">ἐπη</supplied>νγελμέ</w>
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      		<lb n="5" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><unclear>ρχα</unclear>ν</w>
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Commentaries

Solomonik 1967a, 71 (= НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) II 127, с. 95); Solomonik 1990, 65, № 58. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Ε vel Σ (om. antt.) Solomonik 1990
2: [- - -] εὖ vel [Ζ]εῦ e.g. Solomonik 1990
3: ΜΕ in ligatura
3-4: [ἐπη]νγελμέ/[νος] IOSPE
4-5: [- - -]Σ πέντα/[θλον/ς] vel [- - -]Σ πεντά/[κις] Solomonik 1990
5: fin.: [γυμνασιά]ρχαν Solomonik 1990

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Commentary

II century C.E. (probably 2nd half).

 

Images

 

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