III 373. Chersonesos. Epitaph mentioning a woman of Chersonesos, II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 105.0, W. 56.0, Th. 16.0.
Additional description
Two joining fragments. Broken off on the top and right. Relief of a couple, framed by columns.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
South sector of the citadel of Chersonesos ("area of the former gunpowder cellar near the monastery stables").
Find circumstances
Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 7, № 154; д. 27, л. 4, № 154).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3669.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Alpha with broken crossbar formed by two intersecting diagonals, eta with detached crossbar; serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
4.0
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev 1899, 17, № 20 (= IOSPE IV 142); IOSPE I2 528.
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<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/>γυνὴ Ταυρική
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</div> Commentaries
Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 408; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 № 309; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) с. 87; Solomonik 1990, № 92; Saprykin 1997, 361 (= SEG 46, 935).
Apparatus criticus
2: [ἡ δ. τοῦ δ.] | γυνή Ταυρική IOSPE; [ἡ δ. τοῦ δ.] | γυνή, Ταυρική vel [τοῦ δ.] | γυνή, Ταυρική Saprykin
Translation
- - -, woman of Chersonesos (?)
Commentary
"Coniciendum est primum tituli versum, defunctae et mariti eius nomina continentem, summae lapidis parti, nunc deperditae, fuisse incisum (IOSPE I2).
II century C.E. (probably 1st half).
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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