III 380. Chersonesos. Epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 21.0, W. 26.0, Th. 8.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. Relief of a cloaked female figure. Below the relief is a three-line inscription cut (rather sloppily) following ruled lines. Some letters are effaced. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, outside Curtain Walls 17 and 19 of the fortification wall. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, л. 17, № 181; д. 29, л. 4, № 181). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34927. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, theta with detached crossbar, cursive mu; absence of serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I 141; IOSPE I2 458. 

Edition

[---]ν Ἡροΐδου̣, Κούλιο[ς ---]
[---] θυγάτηρ Μητροδ[ ---]
[---] ίου, vac. 1 litt. ἐτῶν vac. 1 litt. .[---]
vac.

Diplomatic

[---]ΝΗΡΟΙΔΟ.ΚΟΥΛΙΟ[.---]
[---]ΘΥΓΑΤΗΡΜΗΤΡΟΔ[---]
[---]ΙΟΥ  ΕΤΩΝ  ·[---]
      

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">ν</seg> 
         Ἡροΐδο<unclear>υ</unclear>,
         Κούλιο<supplied reason="lost">ς</supplied> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> θυγάτηρ 
         Μητροδ<supplied reason="lost"><app type="alternative"><rdg>ώρου</rdg><rdg>ότου</rdg></app></supplied> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
         <seg part="F">ίου</seg>, 
         <space quantity="1" unit="character"/> ἐτῶν 
         <space quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="4"/><space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div> 
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909135, № 11. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: [. . . . .ω]ν Ἡροδώ[ρ]ο[υ ? ....] IOSPE; Κούλιο[ς] om. IOSPE не исключаю gen. Κουλίο[υ] или Κούλιος (от Κούλις).
2: [ἡ δεῖνα] θυγάτηρ Μητροδ[ώρου, γυνὴ δὲ] IOSPE
3: в конце стк. след неопределенной буквы [. . , χαίρετε] IOSPE

Translation

[---]n of Heroidos, Koulio[---]... daughter of Metrod[---]... years vac. [---]

 

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