III 136. Chersonesos. Building inscription, II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 22.0, W. 14.0, Th. 1.6.
Additional description
Partly preserved top of a panel, found in two fragments (one of them at present is split, with a small piece missing). The epigraphic field is demarcated by a profiled border. The front and back are polished. The inscription is cut following ruled lines, letters are traced in red paint.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Random find in 1912 (НА НЗХТ, д. 106, л. 50, № 2988).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34863.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Eta with detached crossbar, large serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
2.7
Text
Category
Building inscription.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev 1915, 32, № 5; IOSPE I2 583; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 133 (= Bull.ép. 1974, 380).
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><unclear>Δ</unclear>ημή<supplied reason="lost">τριος</supplied>
<lb n="2"/><seg part="I">Σαμ</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">τὸ</supplied>
<lb n="3"/>βαλα<supplied reason="lost">νεῖον</supplied>
<lb n="4"/><orig>Τ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="4a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div> Commentaries
Nadel 1976, 202.
Apparatus criticus
1:
suppl. Latyshev
2:
Σαμ[ίχου e.g.] Solomonik;
[τὸ] supplevi
3:
βαλα[νεῖον ?] Latyshev;
Βάλα[ς] Nadel
4:
τ[ῇ πόλει] Solomonik
5-6:
[ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων] / [ἐποίησε] Solomonik
Translation
Deme[trios], (son of) Sam[- - -] (built) a bath house - - -
Commentary
Date: closer to the middle of II century C.E.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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