III 528. Chersonesos. Incertum, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 10.5, W. 8.0, Th. 2.0.

Additional description

Broken off on three sides, cut on the fourth. The front and back are polished. On one side (a) is a Latin inscription, on the other (b) is a Greek inscription cut following ruled lines. 

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 later "Cruciform Church with Reliquary").  

Find circumstances

Found in 1903, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 12, л. 22, № 227; д. 32, л. 4, № 235). 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35103. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Rather deeply cut letters, cursive epsilon; serifs and flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.3

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1905 115, № 35 (= IOSPE I2 600) (без чтения). 

Edition

[---]
[---]ΑΓ
[---]ΗΞΕ
[---]ΗΡΟ
[---]Α vac.
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]ΑΓ
[---]ΗΞΕ
[---]ΗΡΟ
[---]Α      
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΑΓ</orig> 
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΗΞΕ</orig>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΗΡΟ</orig>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>Α</orig>
      <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
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   </div>
Commentaries

Solomonik 1983 51 (издание латинской надписи на стороне b).. 

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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