III 346. Chesonesos. Family epitaph, late I century B.C.E. – I century C.E.
Monument
Type
Ossuary.
Material
Sandstone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 28.0, W. 48.0, Th. 35.0.
Additional description
Ossuary in the shape of a rectangular sarcophagus. Top corners are shaped as acroteria. Fully preserved. Surfaces are well worked. one of the long sides bears the inscription.
Place of Origin
Chesonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol.
Find context
Find circumstances
Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ д. 2, л. 17, № 70; д. 20, № 70).
Modern location
Sevastopol, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3667.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Thinly cut letters, alpha with straight crossbar, mu with slanting outer hastae; slight flaring of the ends of hastae.
Letterheights (cm)
2.5
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
Late I century B.C.E. – I century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev 1892 9, № 11 (= IOSPE IV, 135; IOSPE I2 I2, 513).
<div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="a">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><orig>ΟΚΤΙΟΛΟΙΟ</orig><choice><corr>μν</corr><sic>ν</sic></choice>ῆμα
<orig>ΜΗΤΡΟ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="b">
<ab>
<lb n="2"/>χαῖρε.
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="c">
<ab>
<lb n="3"/>Ἡμέρα γυνὴ
<lb n="4"/>Μ<supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">ητρο</supplied>δόρο
<lb n="5" break="no"/><supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">υ</supplied>
ε<supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">ἰς</supplied> ἔτη <num value="5">ε</num>
<lb n="6"/><supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">ἥμυσυ</supplied>, θυγά
<lb n="7" break="no"/><supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">τηρ</supplied>
Ἀπελλᾶ
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="d">
<ab>
<lb n="8"/>τοῦ Ἀ
<lb n="9" break="no"/>πελλ
<lb n="10" break="no"/>ᾶ τοῦ κ
<lb n="11" break="no"/>ὲ <orig>ΠΡΟ</orig>
<lb n="12"/><orig>ΜΑΕ<unclear>Τ</unclear></orig>
<lb n="13"/><supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor"><orig>Ο</orig></supplied>
<gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
<space quantity="2" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
;
scripsi; [. . .] μνῆμα Μητρο[δώρου?] -
edd. ΟΚΤΙΟΛΟΙΟΝΗΜΑΜΗΤΡΟΡΟΜ
4-5: Μητροδόρο/υ = Μητροδώρο/υ
6: ἥμυσυ = ἥμισυ
10-11: κ/έ = κ/αί
12-13: scripsi; Προμα[θίωνος ?] - edd.;
не исключаю Προ/μᾶ, ἐτ̣ο̃[ν (= ἐτῶν) - - -]
Translation
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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