III 416. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Aristonikos, 108/9 C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 67.0, W. 65.0, Th. 12.5.
Additional description
Broken off on the top; the bottom left corned is missing (after the original publication, more of the corner has chipped off).
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Roman "citadel," reused as drain cover.
Find circumstances
Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 36, л. 8а, № 336).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3648.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Cursive epsilon, sigma, mu, ligatures.
Letterheights (cm)
5–6.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
108/9 C.E.
Dating criteria
Explicit date.
Editions
Latyshev 1909, 44, № 6; IOSPE 543.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Χρησ<supplied reason="lost">ίμ</supplied>η
<lb n="2"/>Ἀμασ<supplied reason="lost">τρι</supplied>ανὴ
<lb n="3"/>συμβίῳ Ἀριστονίκ<unclear>ῳ</unclear>
<lb n="4"/>μνη<unclear> ́μη</unclear><supplied reason="omitted">ς</supplied> χάριν ἀνέστη
<lb n="5" break="no"/>σεν βιοὺς ἐτ<supplied reason="lost">ῶ</supplied>ν <num value="30">λ</num> ἔτους
<lb n="6"/>ροθ’, μην<expan><ex>ὸς</ex></expan> <rs type="month" ref="loios">Λῴου</rs> <num value="3">γ</num>
</ab>
</div> Commentaries
Avram 2013, № 175.
Apparatus criticus
4:
ΜΝΗΜΗ
lapis, ΤΗ in ligatura
5:
ΝΒ in ligatura
в слове βιοὺς ΟΥ in ligatura
над цифрой Λ горизонтальная черта.
6:
ΜΗΝ in ligatura
над цифрами ΡΟΘ и Γ горизонтальная черта.
Translation
A woman of Amastris Chresima set up (this gravestone) for husband Aristonikos for commemoration. Having lived 30 years. In the year 178, the month of Laios, 3rd (day).
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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