III 395. Chersonesos. Epitaph on sarcophagus, 2nd half of II century C.E. - early III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Sarcophagus. 

Material

Sandstone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 17.0, W. 28.0, Th. 10.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Area of the Tower of Zeno, inner fill of proteichisma. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1968, conservation works of E.N. Zherebtsov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 20/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar; rectangular sigma; serifs and flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of II century C.E. - early III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1978 74, № 7. 

Edition

[---]
[---]ΑΘ[---]
[---]α̣σια ζῶντ̣[ες ---]
[--- ἑα]υ̣τοῖς ΤΟΥ̣[---]
[--- κατασκ]ε̣ύασαν . [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]ΑΘ[---]
[---].ΣΙΑΖΩΝ.[..---]
[---..].ΤΟΙΣΤΟ.[---]
[---......].ΥΑΣΑΝ·[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	      <lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>    		
            <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΑΘ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><unclear>α</unclear>σια</w> 
      ζῶν<unclear>τ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ες</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      <supplied reason="lost">ἑα</supplied><unclear>υ</unclear>τοῖς <orig>ΤΟ<unclear>Υ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      <supplied reason="lost">κατασκ</supplied><unclear>ε</unclear>ύασαν 
      <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>      		
            <lb n="4a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

0-1: [ὁ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος / καὶ - - -]αθ[- - -] Solomonik
3: fin.: τὸ [μνῆμα] Solomonik
4: Η vel Ε Solomonik

Translation

- - - during their lifetime [se]t up for themselseves (this gravestone).

 

Images

 

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