I 52. Tyras. Incertum, II - III century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble, white, fine-grained.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 9.5, W. 5.4, Th. 3.0.
Additional description
The bottom part of a panel. The front, back and bottom are polished, the front especially well. Broken off on all sides, except the bottom. Rounded by the rolling action of waves.
Place of Origin
Tyras.
Find place
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Unknown. The find was probably made before 1948, on the territory or in the vicinity of the fortress; in the museum inventory book, it was entered on 3.06.1948.
Modern location
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
Institution and inventory
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Regional Studies Museum, А-1227 (КП-34386).
Autopsy
A. I. Ivantchik, August 2006.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front. Broken off on all sides, except the botton and, probably, the right. Margins: bottom 4,2cm. H. 4.8, W. 4.5
Lettering
Deeply, but quite sloppily cut letters, adorned with serifs. Cursive lunate sigma. Omicron is smaller than other letters (2,0cm). At the end of line 1, the last letter is reduced in size and attached to the preceding, almost cutting into it. Average distance between lines: 0,8cm.
Letterheights (cm)
no less than 2.6
Text
Category
Incertum.
Date
II - III century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
L1. Karyshkovsky 1963, 106, № 9, рис. 4,9.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ΙΣ</unclear></orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Ι</unclear>Ο</orig>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
Translation
Not attempted.
Commentary
It would appear that not only the bottom, but also the right side of the epigraphic field is preserved, which is suggested by quite a big space after the last letter of line 2, as well as the fact that the last letter of line 1 is reduced and squashed in with the preceding.
The first letter of each line is restored as I hypothetically - only the verticals survive. At the end of line 1, there is not, contra Karyshkovsky, "an epsilon of unusual shape," but a lunate sigma (or Latin C) with another letter reduced in size, from which only the lower part of a vertical survives (I?, T?).
It is possible that the inscription is Latin.
Images
© 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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