III 576. Vicinity of Chersonesos. Dedication to the Mother of Gods, last fourth of II - mid-III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Small panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 11.4, W. 8.7, Th. 3.0.

Additional description

The front is polished. 

Place of Origin

Vicinity of Chersonesos. 

Find place

Isthmus of Saki, Northwest Crimea. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1986 by treasure hunters. 

Modern location

Saki, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

Saki Museum of History and Ethnography (Museum of the History of Mud Therapy)., СП-86/136. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Work of an amateur. Cursive epsilon, omega; serifs and flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.9

Text

Category

Dedicatory inscription. 

Date

Last fourth of II - mid-III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, onomastics, archaeological context. 

Editions

Lantsov 1999, 96 (= Lantsov 2003 28, № 22). 

Edition

Αὐρ(ήλιος) Χρ[--- Μητρί]
θεῶν [ἀνέθηκεν]

Diplomatic

ΑΥΡ ΧΡ[---.....]
ΘΕΩΝ[........]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Αὐρ</abbr><ex>ήλιος</ex></expan> 
      		   <seg part="I">Χρ</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      <supplied reason="lost">Μητρί</supplied>
      		<lb n="2"/>θεῶν <supplied reason="lost">ἀνέθηκεν</supplied>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: Χρ[ύσιππος (?)] ed. pr. Lantsov 1999

Translation

Aurelius Chr[- - - dedicated to the Mother] of Gods.

 

Images

 

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