III 337. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Gazourios and Daiskos, I century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 33.0, W. 52.0, Th. 12.0.

Additional description

The front is well worked. Below the relief, a two-line inscription is cut without ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, harbour area (the plot called "the center of the Block," yard of the Early Medieval estate, in the fill of a pit. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1982, excavations of V.I. Kadeyev. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 204/37048. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar; delta with projecting right diagonal, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; absence of decorative elements at the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

I century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Kadeev 1985, 66 (= 35, 859). 

Edition

1
Γαζούριος Μητροδώρου
ἐτῶν λα´, χαῖρε.
2
Δαίσκος Μητροδώρου
ἐτῶν κ̣ε̣´ χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

1
ΓΑΖΟΥΡΙΟΣΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΥ
ΕΤΩΝΛΑΧΑΙΡΕ
2
ΔΑΙΣΚΟΣΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΥ
ΕΤΩΝ..ΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/>Γαζούριος 
         Μητροδώρου
      	<lb n="2"/>ἐτῶν <num value="1">λα</num>, χαῖρε.
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      <lb n="1"/>Δαίσκος 
         Μητροδώρου
      	<lb n="2"/>ἐτῶν <num value="1"><unclear>κε</unclear></num> χαῖρε.
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Apparatus criticus

1: ΜΗΤΡΟΔΟΡΟΥ (вероятно, вследствие опечатки) Kadeev 2: Κ (?) Ε Kadeev

Translation

1

Gazourios, (son of) Metrodoros, 31 years old, greeting.

2

Daiskos, (son of Metrodoros), 25 years old, greeting.

 

Commentary

The texts are positioned in such a way that line 1 of Text 2 continues line 1 of Text 1 without a word break or a division sign. Line 2 of Text 2 is divided from Line 2 of Text 1 by an interval that could accommodate 5-6 letters.

 

Images

 

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