III 503. Chersonesos. Incertum (epitaph ?), II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 12.5, W. 11.0, Th. 2.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northern sector of the citadel, Block XVIII, in a house of the III - IV century C.E. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1948б excavations of G.D. Belov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 6/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, some hastae are slightly curved, alpha with straight crossbar; moderate serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5

Text

Category

Incertum (epitaph?). 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 76. 

Edition

[---]ρ̣κία θ[---]
[---]ΤΥΡΑΤ[---]
[---]..[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---].ΚΙΑΘ[---]
[---]ΤΥΡΑΤ[---]
[---]··[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

1: in.: [Μα]ρ̣κία vel sim. - ed. pr.; fin.: не исключаю θ[υγάτηρ].
3: vestigia.

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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