III 399. Chersonesos. Epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 7.0, W. 10.0, Th. 1.6.

Additional description

Bottom part of a panel with two-line inscription cut following ruled lines. The front and back are polished. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Necropolis near the Extramural Cruciform church. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 15, л. 13, № 301; д. 35, л. 6, № 301). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34921. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, oval omicron, slightly elongated letters, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1907, 36, № 14; IOSPE I2 539. 

Edition

[---]
[---].ΤΟΝ.
[τοῖς παράγουσ]ιν χαί[ρειν]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]·ΤΟΝ·
[............]ΙΝΧΑΙ[....]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><w part="M"><orig>τον</orig></w><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">τοῖς</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">παράγουσ</supplied>ιν 
         χαί<supplied reason="lost">ρειν</supplied>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: scripsi, om. edd. В начале стк. нижняя часть наклонной гасты, в конце стк. нижняя часть вертикальной линии. Вероятно, личное имя [Στρ]ατόνι[κος]

Translation

[passers] by, gre[etings].

 

Images

 

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