I 18. Tyras. Dedication to Egyptian gods, II-I century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble, white. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 5.1, W. 6.7, Th. 4.2.

Additional description

The front is polished, the back is planed and smoothed, the rest are broken off. 

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

In the central excavation trench in Tyras, during the restoration of collapsed trench sides. 

Find circumstances

Found in 2006, excavations of T.L. Samoylova. 

Modern location

Odessa. 

Institution and inventory

Odessa Archaeological Museum, Field catalogue number БТЭ-06, ЦР, сп. 35, № 290. 

Autopsy

A.I. Ivantchik, August 2006. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. Broken off on all sides. H. 5.1, W. 5.9

Lettering

Deeply and neatly cut letters, probably following ruled lines, although there are no traces of the latter; light serifs; omicron smaller than other letters; pi with extended horizontal; theta with attached crossbar. Average distance between lines: 0,5cm. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.7-0.8

Text

Category

Dedicatory inscription. 

Date

II-I century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Ivanchyk, Samoylova 2007; 1.1. SEG 57, 746; 1.2. Bull.ép. 2008, 389. 

Edition

[---]
[---].Ο.[---]
[--- Σ]α̣ράπ[ιδι, Ἴσιδι, Ἀνού-]
[βιδι] θεοῖς σ̣[υννάοις]
[Δημ]ή̣τριος [(τοῦ δεῖνος)]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]·Ο·[---]
[---.].ΡΑΠ[..............-]
[....]ΘΕΟΙΣ.[.......]
[...].ΤΡΙΟΣ [.........]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>Ο</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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            <supplied reason="lost">Σ</supplied><unclear>α</unclear>ράπ<supplied reason="lost">ιδι,</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Ἴσιδι,</supplied> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Ἀνού</supplied>
      		<lb n="3" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">βιδι</supplied> θεοῖς 
            <unclear>σ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">υννάοις</supplied>
      		<lb n="4"/><supplied reason="lost">Δημ</supplied><unclear>ή</unclear>τριος 
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   </ab>
   </div> 
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

{- - - to S]arap[is, Isis, Anubis], the gods [sharing a temple, Dem]etrios, [son of - - -].

 

Commentary

On the worship of the Egyptian divine triad in Tyras, see Ivantchik, Samoylova 2007, with bibliography, and I 17.

 

Images

(cc) © 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to the EpiDoc schema.)