III 571. Chersonesos. Incertum, IV century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Additional description

Four non-joining fragments. The front is polished, the back is planed. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Fragment 1

Dimensions (cm)

H. 11.0, W. 13.0, Th. 4.0.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, near the baptistery (during the building of a battery near Uvarov Basilica). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1904, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 13, л. 21, № 254; д. 33, л. 3, № 254). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35101. 

Fragment 2

Dimensions (cm)

H. 9.5, W. 12.0, Th. 4.0.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel, "inside the monastery walls." 

Find circumstances

Found in 1913, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 109, л. 9, № 610; д. 89A, л. 77). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35010. 

Fragment 3

Dimensions (cm)

H. 12.0, W. 20.0, Th. 3.8.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chersonesos ("in the centre of the acropolis, in the southern area of the monastery estate"). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1904, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 13, л. 4, № 247; д. 33, л. 2, № 247). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35102. 

Fragment 4

Dimensions (cm)

H. 12.0, W. 20.0, Th. 3.8.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chersonesos ("in the southern area of the monastery estate", in the "area of the acropolis free from monastery buildings and plantations"). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1904, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 13, л. 4, № 248 д. 33, л. 2, № 248). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34858. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0-4.0

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

IV century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Fr. 1. Latyshev 1905 114, № 31; IOSPE I2 619. Fr. 2. IOSPE I2 726. Fr. 3. Latyshev 1905, 113, № 29 (= IOSPE I2 607). Fr. 4. Latyshev 1905, 113, № 30; IOSPE I2 624. Solomonik 1983, 66, № 1 (= SEG 33, 605, 606, 607, 608). 

Edition

1
[---]
[--- Θεο]δοσίου̣ [---]
[---].μασιν [---]
[---]ΝΤΑ.[---]
[---]
2
[---]
[---].Α̣Π̣Ο̣[---]
[---]ΙΙΟΟΥΙ.[---]
[---]Λ̣ΙΗΣΘ̣[---]
[---]
3
[---]
[---].Α̣Ν̣Ο̣[---]
[---καθα?]ρ̣αῖς ἀκτεῖσ̣[ι ---]
[---]ω̣ν πόλεως̣ [---]
[---]Ε̣Υ̣ΚΑΘΟΣ[---]
[---]
4
[---]
[---]Ι̣Σ̣Α̣[---]
[---τ]ῷ̣ πιστ[ῷ ---]
[---]τ̣ειχ̣ῶ̣ν [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

1
[---]
[---...]ΔΟΣΙΟ.[---]
[---]·ΜΑΣΙΝ[---]
[---]ΝΤΑ·[---]
[---]
2
[---]
[---]·...[---]
[---]ΙΙΟΟΥΙ·[---]
[---].ΙΗΣ.[---]
[---]
3
[---]
[---]·...[---]
[---....].ΑΙΣΑΚΤΕΙ.[.---]
[---].ΝΠΟΛΕΩ.[---]
[---]..ΚΑΘΟΣ[---]
[---]
4
[---]
[---]...[---]
[---.].ΠΙΣΤ[.---]
[---].ΕΙ..Ν[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

1: [Θεο]δοσίο[υ] IOSPE
2: [χρ]ήμασιν Solomonik
3: [πά]ντα [- - -] Solomonik 1: Ἀπο[λλώνιος ? - - -] Solomonik
2: [e.g. Ἀλκι]νόου ΙΛ[- - -] Solomonik
3: [e.g. Ἡρ]αιῆς ΣΟ[- - -] Solomonik; ἹΗΣΟ 1: scripsi;; [- - -] ἀρισ[το - - -] Solomonik
2: [- - - ἐν ἡμέ]ραις αʹ κτείσ[αι ? - - -] (sic) vel [- - - ἐν ἡμέ]ραις ακʹ τεῖσ[αι ? - - -] Solomonik
4: εὐκαθόσι[ος ?] Feissel (per ora); ε̣ὖ καθ’ ὅσ[ον - - -] vel εὖ καθοσ[ιόω - - -] Solomonik 1: [- - -]ι̣σα[- - -] Solomonik
2: [- - - τ]ῷ πιστῷ [- - -] Latyshev 1905; [- - - τ]ῷ πιστ[ῷ - - -] IOSPE
3: scripsi; [- - -]τει ὑμῖν [- - -] Latyshev 1905, IOSPE, Solomonik

Translation

[of Theo]dosios[- - -] ... [with pu]re ray[s - - -] city [- - -] ... [- - -] trust[ed- - -] walls [- - -]

 

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