III 470. Chersonesos. Incertum (list of names ?), 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 12.0, W. 8.0, Th. 3.4.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of the citadel of Chersonesos ("near the gun powder cellar"). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1898, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 27, № 4). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34878. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. The monument is considered lost. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Sligtly elongated letters, omega in the shape of upside down mu; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Unknown. 

Date

2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1899, 20, № 26; IOSPE IV 158 (= IOSPE I2 612). 

Edition

[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]α̣τ̣ρ[---]
[---Μα]τ̣ρόδω̣[ρος?---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]ρος Σ[---]
[---]τ̣η̣ς̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]..Ρ[---]
[---..].ΡΟΔ.[...---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]ΡΟΣΣ[---]
[---]...[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      	<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/><w part="M"><unclear>ατ</unclear>ρ</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">Μα</supplied><unclear>τ</unclear>ρόδ<unclear>ω</unclear><supplied reason="lost" cert="low">ρος</supplied><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/><seg part="F">ρος</seg> 
         <orig>σ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><unclear>της</unclear></w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="4a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: возможно, личное имя, e.g. [Δαμ]ά̣τ̣ρ̣[ιος] vel [Μ]α̣τ̣ρ̣[όδω̣[ρος]
2: coni. IOSPE
3: возможно, [καὶ ὁ γραμματεὺς] τῆς [βουλῆς ὁ δ. τοῦ δ.]

Translation

 

Commentary

It cannot be ruled out that the fragment contained a list of "those who applied their seals."

 

Images

 

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