III 541. Chersonesos. Incertum, II-III century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone.
Additional description
Two joining fragments. The front is worked with tooth chisel, but not polished. The back is treated summarily.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Institution and inventory
Formerly in Museum of Chersonesos (later renamed National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos), 4491/08.
Fragment 1
Dimensions (cm)
H. 18.0, W. 23.0, Th. 16.5.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Northeast sector of Chersonesos ("at the northeast end of the Main street, near the Northeastern Basilica").
Find circumstances
Fragments 1-2 found in 1908, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (see Loeper 1912, 66).
Modern location
Sevastopol (formerly).
Autopsy
Non vidi. The monument is considered lost.
Fragment 2
Dimensions (cm)
H. 18.0, W. 23.0, Th. 16.5.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Northeast sector of Chersonesos ("at the northeast end of the Main street, near the Northeastern Basilica").
Find circumstances
Fragments 1-2 found in 1908, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (see Loeper 1912, 66).
Modern location
Sevastopol (formerly).
Autopsy
Non vidi. The monument is considered lost.
Fragment 3
Dimensions (cm)
Unknown.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Found no later than 19/03/1919 when it was photographed at the Chersonesos Museum; nothing else is known.
Modern location
Sevastopol (formerly).
Autopsy
Non vidi. The monument is considered lost.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Large deeply cut letters; serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
4.4 - 5.8
Text
Category
Incertum.
Date
II-III century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Fr. 1-2. Loeper 1912, 65, № 13; IOSPE I2 413.
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="1-2">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΔΙ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΑΤΩ</orig>
<lb n="2a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="3">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><orig>Μ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
1: Διὶ [῾Υπ]/άτῳ edd.
Translation
Not attempted.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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