III 468. Chersonesos. Incertum, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 11.0, W. 13.0, Th. 3.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, between the monastery cemetery and bathing area. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1889, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 1, № 18; д. 18, № 18). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35097. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar and open top, narrow gamma, wide tau, narrow ypsilon with slightly curved diagonals, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Unknown. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, orthography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1895, 21, № 24; IOSPE IV 163; IOSPE I2 585. 

Edition

ἀγα[θῇ]
τύχη̣·
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Diplomatic

ΑΓΑ[..]
ΤΥΧ.
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      		<lb n="2"/>τύχ<unclear>η</unclear>·
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Apparatus criticus

3: scripsi. «Nihil aliud coronae inscriptum fuisse videtur. Cf. similes titulos IOSPE II1, nn° 314 et 315» - IOSPE.

Translation

Good fort[une] - - -

 

Commentary

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

 

Images

 

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