III 343. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Pythod[---], I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 32.0, W. 24.0, Th. 10.0.

Additional description

Bottom left corner is preserved. Relief in an inset field. Three-line inscription is cut below the relief. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1905, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 14, л. 38, № 274; д. 34, л. 2, № 274). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4608. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Quite deeply cut, neat letters. Alpha with broken crossbar, delta with projecting right hasta, theta with detached crossbar; light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1906, 116, № 25; IOSPE I2 490; Solomonik 1983, 77, № 9 (= 33, 604). 

Edition

Πυθόδ[---]
Πυθοδ[---],
χαῖρε̣.

Diplomatic

ΠΥΘΟΔ[---]
ΠΥΘΟΔ[---]
ΧΑΙΡ.

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><seg part="I">Πυθόδ</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/><seg part="I">Πυθοδ</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>,
      	<lb n="3"/>χαῖρ<unclear>ε</unclear>.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909, № 522a; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976, № 319. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Πυθόδ[ωρε] | Πυθοδ[ώρου] IOSPE; Πυθοδ[ωρὶς] | Πυθοδ[ότου], | χαῖρε vel Πυθοδ[ωρὶς τοῦ δεῖνος], | Πυθοδ[ότου δὲ γυνά], | χαῖρε Solomonik

Translation

Pythod[---], Pythod[---], greeting.

 

Images

 

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