III 517. Chersonesos. Incertum, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 6.5, W. 6.5, Th. 2.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. Two-line inscription cut following ruled lines. The front and back are polished. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

West sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, outside the fortification wall. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1906, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 35, л. 5, № 298). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35021. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, alpha with broken crossbar, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 102. 

Edition

[---]
[---]ΑΜΕ[---]
[---]..[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]ΑΜΕ[---]
[---]··[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΑΜΕ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

2: vestigia

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to the EpiDoc schema.)