III 404. Chersonesos. Epitaph with a prohibition of secondary burial, 2nd half of II - early III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall of sarcophagus. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 9.0, W. 38.0, Th. 14.0.

Additional description

In secondary use, a rectangular section was cut out from the slab, which bears three lines of text. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis ("area of the monastery animal farm"). Reused in Catacomb 1649. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1905, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 14, л. 26, № 268; д. 34, № 268). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35038. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar; rectangular sigma; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

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

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1906, 120, № 31; IOSPE I2 605. 

Edition

[---]
[---]...αν. ο̣...[---]
[---μετὰ] τ̣ὸ ἡμᾶς τεθῆνα̣ι
[---]Χ̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]···ΑΝ·.···[---]
[---....].ΟΗΜΑΣΤΕΘΗΝ.Ι
[---].[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <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="3" unit="character"/><w part="I">αν</w><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
      <w part="M"><unclear>ο</unclear></w><gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
     <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">μετὰ</supplied> <unclear>τ</unclear>ὸ ἡμᾶς τεθῆν<unclear>α</unclear>ι
     <lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="Y"><unclear>Χ</unclear></w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
     <lb n="3a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: [- - -]ανθο[- - -] edd. в начале стк. низ наклонной линии, далее две вертикали между Ν и Ο нижнее полукружие Ο или Θ, затем низ вертикальной гасты. Возможно, окончание gen. личного имени на -ανθου (Ἀ̣ρ̣ι̣άνθ̣ο̣υ̣ ?).
2: supplevi [- - -]το ἡμᾶς τεθῆναι [- - -] edd.
3: следы букв не поддаются определению.

Translation

[---] after we had been interred (in this burial) [---]

 

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