I 24. Tyras. Building inscription of the Roman garrison, 114-117 C.E.

Monument

Type

Block. 

Material

Marble, white with gray veins. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 28.2, W. 36.6, Th. 15.3-16.7.

Additional description

On the front: Greek inscription (I 23), on the back: Latin inscription, made in secondary usage of the block. The front and back are polished, the rest are broken off. The front is even; on the back there is an flat area 9-10cm wide, below which the surface recedes towards front, so that the block becomes thinner. In the center, a circular depression (Diam. 10cm) from an object that rested on the base in tertiary usage. The circle damaged the Latin inscription. 

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

In secondary context; in the first courtyard of the fortress (after the removal of the Turkish {mound?} {sand bank?}, in the area of Pushkin Tower. 

Find circumstances

Random find by V.P. Pushkarev in 1982. The latter passed it on to the museum. Field catalogue number БД-82, № 58. 

Modern location

Odessa. 

Institution and inventory

Odessa Archaeological Museum, 88366. 

Autopsy

A.I. Ivantchik, August 2007. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the back. The text is at 180° angle to the Greek text on the front. The center of the epigraphic field is damaged by a circular depression from an object that rested on the base in tertiary usage. The Latin text is inscribed without regard to the profile of the block, suggesting seconday usage. Broken off on all sides. H. 27.5, W. 34.6

Lettering

Deeply, evenly and neatly cut letters, adorned with light serifs. Average distance between lines: 1,0cm. 

Letterheights (cm)

10.5 (line 1). 9.6 (line 2). 6.0 (line 3. but not fully preserved).

Text

Category

Building inscription. 

Date

114-117 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Titulature, palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

[Imp(eratori) Nervae Tr]ạiạn[o Caesari]
[Optimo Aug(usto) G]erṃạ[nico] Dac(ico) [---]
[---] p̣ẹṛ ṿẹx̣[ilationem leg(ionis) ... fecit]

Diplomatic

[...........].I.N[........]
[..........]ER..[....]DAC[---]
[---]......[.............···.....]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="la">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost"><expan><abbr>Imp</abbr><ex>eratori</ex></expan> Nervae</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Tr</supplied><unclear>a</unclear>i<unclear>a</unclear>n<supplied reason="lost">o</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Caesari</supplied>
      		<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Optimo <expan><abbr>Aug</abbr><ex>usto</ex></expan></supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">G</supplied>er<unclear>m</unclear><unclear>a</unclear><supplied reason="lost">nico</supplied> 
            <expan><abbr>Dac</abbr><ex>ico</ex></expan> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <unclear>per</unclear> 
            <unclear>vex</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ilationem</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost"><expan><abbr>leg</abbr><ex>ionis</ex></expan></supplied> 
            <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">fecit</supplied>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

[To emperor Nerva Tr]aianus [Caesar, Augustus Optimus, G]erman[, Dacian - - -] through the vex[illatio of the legion - - - made]

 

Images

 

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