III 381. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Domna (?), II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 43.0, W. 57.0, Th. 24.0.

Additional description

Rectangular panel with rounded top, possibly intended to be inset in a larger block. At the time of discovery, the monument showed no signs of serious damage. At present, the top is split, the bottom right part is broken off, the bottom left corner is lost. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1896 (or less likely, in 1897), excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 5, л. 13, № 21). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4579. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar formed by two crisscrossing hastae, cursive mu, sigms, omega. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.8

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE IV p. 307, № 466; IOSPE I2 515. 

Edition

[.]ομ̣[. c. 5.] Χρήστου
[γ]υν vac. ἐ̣τῶν
ά vac. λ´

Diplomatic

[·]Ο.[·····]ΧΡΗΣΤΟΥ
[.]ΥΝ      .ΤΩΝ
Α      Λ

EpiDoc (XML)

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         Χρήστου
      <lb n="2"/><w part="I"><supplied reason="lost">γ</supplied>υν</w> <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <unclear>ἐ</unclear>τῶν 
      <lb n="3"/>ά <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <num value="30">λ</num>
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Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909, № 766.1; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976, № 372; Orlov 1983, 139 (= Bull.ép. 1990, 563; SEG 40, 617). 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: [Θε]οδ[ώρα ?] IOSPE; [Θε]ομ[- - -] Kieseritzky; [Δ]όμ[να] - Solomonik apud Orlov 1983, e.g.
2-3: [γ]υν[ά] IOSPE
3: νʹ IOSPE; λʹ Solomonik apud Orlov 1983. Kieseritzky

Translation

[D]om[na] (?), wife of Chrestos, 30 years old.

 

Images

 

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