III 588. Chora of Chersonesos. Epitaph of Iamachos., II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 118, W. 66, Th. 22.
Additional description
Rectangular stele, tapering to the bottom, with a dowel for insertion into a base. Fully preserved.
Place of Origin
Chora of Chersonesos.
Find place
Djan-Baba (Northwest Crimea, Chernomorsky region, village of Maryino).
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Random find in 1938, in the plowing of a kurgan mound.
Modern location
Simferopol, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Central Museum of Tauris., КП-12698.
Epigraphic field
Position
Lettering
Slightly leaning, uneven letters.
Letterheights (cm)
3
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
.
<div type="textpart" subtype="column" n="a">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
Ἰάμαχος
<lb n="2"/>
Σωμά<supplied reason="explanation">χ</supplied>ο
<lb n="3" break="no"/>
υ, χαῖρε
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="column" n="b">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ν</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="column" n="c">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
<orig>ν<unclear>α</unclear>μα</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/>
<orig>η</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/> ἐπόει
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
b: ΟΝΛΙΧΟ - ed. pr. Solomonik 1963а
c.1-2: in.: ΝΑΜΑΜ/Η... - ed. pr.
Translation
a. Iamachos, (son of) Samachos, greeting.
b. - - -
c. Made - - -
Images
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