III 568. Chersonesos. Incertum, not before III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall block. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 9.5, W. 19.0, Th. 11.5.

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the cidadel, square of St. Vladimir cathedral. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1890, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 19, л. 2, № 23). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35055. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Uneven letters, diamond-shaped omicron, rectangular sigma; absence of serifs. Work of an amateur. 

Letterheights (cm)

2-3

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

Not before III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 107. 

Edition

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[---]ν Σ̣ύρου
[---]Κ.[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

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[---]Ν.ΥΡΟΥ
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Apparatus criticus

1: vestigia
3: после Κ вертикальная черта κ[εῖμαι] ? ed. pr.

Translation

- - - of Syros - - -

 

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