III 390. Chersonesos. Epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 26.0, W. 23.0, Th. 7.0.

Additional description

Bottom left corner of a panel, broken in two pieces. According to archival documents (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, л. 17, № 182; д. 29, л. 4, № 182), there was a third, uninscribed fragment. 

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 walls. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, л. 17, № 182; д. 29, л. 4, № 182). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35052. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Narrow epsilon, wide mu with vertical outer hastae; moderate serifs, word divisions. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.7

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE IV 145; IOSPE I2 535. 

Edition

[---]
ζ[ήσας ἔτη]
με´, χ[αῖρε]

Diplomatic

[---]
Ζ[.......]
ΜΕΧ[....]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/>ζ<supplied reason="lost">ήσας</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">ἔτη</supplied>
      		<lb n="2"/><num value="45">με</num>, χ<supplied reason="lost">αῖρε</supplied>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909, 135, Anhang. № 8. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: vel ζ[ήσαςα]
2: цифровое обозначение ΜΕ выделено точками-разделителями.

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Commentary

II century C.E. (probably 2nd half).

 

Images

 

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