III 382. Chersonesos. Epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 35.0, W. 28.0, Th. 14.0.

Additional description

Broken off on the top. The back is planed. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South area of the citadel of Chersonesos, in a stone rubble pile. 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1908 by M.I. Skubetov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35053. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. I was not able to find the monument in the repository of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Uneven letters, cut without care, alpha with broken crossbar, cursive epsilon with detached middle bar, mu with slanting outer hastae; absence of serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1909b, 44, № 5; IOSPE I2 502. 

Edition

[---]
Ἑρμίου,
χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

[---]
ΕΡΜΙΟΥ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/>Ἑρμίου, 
      		<lb n="2"/>χαῖρε.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: [ὁ δεῖνα] - edd.

Translation

[---] of Hermios. Greeting.

 

Images

 

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