I 20. Tyras.Dedication on marble louterion, III century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Louterion.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
W.16.0, Th.2.3.
Additional description
Fragment of the lip of a louterion. The inscription is placed on its flat top side.
Place of Origin
Tyras.
Find place
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
Find context
Outside the confines of the medieval fortress, to the east of the gates (Trench 23).
Find circumstances
Found in 1930, excavations of P. Nicorescu.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the top horizontal side of the lip of a louterion. Broken off on the left and right. H.2.3, W.16.0
Lettering
Letters are neatly and evenly cut, without serifs. Alpha with broken crossbar; wide tau; epsilon with detached middle bar.
Letterheights (cm)
2.0
Text
Category
Dedicatory inscription.
Date
III century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Nicorescu1933, 564-565, No. 1, fig. 6.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="high">Ἀπόλλω</supplied>νι
<space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
Ἰατ<supplied reason="lost" cert="high">ρῶι</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
Translation
[- - - to Apoll]o Iat[ros - - -]
Commentary
As many other inscribed monuments from the excavations of Nicorescu, this piece had probably made it to Jasi and then disappeared.
Marble louteria with dedications on the lip, including a dedication to Apollo Delphinios, are well known in neighbouring poleis, specifically, in Olbia.
© 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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