III 125. Chersonesos. Dedication to Parthenos, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Panel (?). 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 45.0, W. 40.0, Th. 25.0.

Additional description

No description preserved. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1901, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. The whereabouts of the monument are unknown. Apparently, lost at the beginning of the XX century. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with slightly shorter right vertical; omicron slightly smaller than other letters, sigma with slightly splayed bars; slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0

Text

Category

Dedicatory inscription. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1902, 25, № 5; IOSPE I2 408. 

Edition

[---] .ΣΤΟ.. [---]
[Π]αρθένω̣ι.

Diplomatic

[---]·ΣΤΟ··[---]
[.]ΑΡΘΕΝ.Ι

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ΣΤΟ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/> 
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Π</supplied>αρθέν<unclear>ω</unclear>ι.
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   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1-2: [Ἀ]ρισ[τ]ό[νικος] На эстампаже следы букв не поддаются надежной идентификации. Latyshev, IOSPE I2
2: [Π]αρθένου (?) Latyshev; [Π]αρθένωι IOSPE

Translation

[---] (dedicated) to Parthenos.

 

Commentary

Ed. pr. dates the inscription to the IV century B.C.E.

 

Images

 

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