III 138. Chersonesos. Building inscription, II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 28.0, W. 28.0, Th. 6.0.
Additional description
Broken off on all sides except the bottom. The front is polished. Four-line inscription cut following ruled lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
North sector of the citadel, Enclosure № 15.
Find circumstances
Found in 1940, excavations of G.D. Belov (НА НЗХТ, д. 426, № 2137).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 8/36504.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Alpha with broken crossbar, eta with detached crossbar, omicron the same size as other letters, pi with even verticals; serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
4.5
Text
Category
Building inscription.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik 1961, 31, № 1; НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 25.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">τὸ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τε</supplied>ῖχος τῇ
<unclear>π</unclear><supplied reason="lost">όλει</supplied>
<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">κατ</supplied>εσκεύα<unclear>σ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">εν</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">ἐκ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τῶν</supplied>
<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">ἰδί</supplied>ων <w part="I">Πε</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/><w part="M"><unclear>ρ</unclear>ατοφ</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Vinogradov 1975, 174; Solomonik 1990, 68, № 61.
Apparatus criticus
1:
[πόλει] Solomonik 1964
2-3:
[κατ]ε̣σκεύασ̣[εν ἐκ τῶ|ν ἰδί]ων Solomonik 1964;
не исключено [ἐπ]εσκεύασ̣[εν] Solomonik 1964
3-4:
fin.-4: вероятно, остатки личного имени с патронимиком; Πέ[λανος |
Στ]ρ̣ατοφ[ῶντος] ? Solomonik 1964
Translation
- - - a wall [for the city] built (rebuilt) from personal funds - - -
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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