I 46. Tyras.Incertum, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.8.5, W.9.8, Th.4.8-5.2.

Additional description

The front and back are polished, the other sides are broken off. The back was resused for a Latin inscription. In this secondary use, the marble panel served as panelling for a wall, to which it was attached with cement; its traces are visible on the surface of the inscription. 

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

Grid square 216, east. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1947, excavations of L.D. Dmitrov. 

Modern location

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Institution and inventory

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Regional Studies Museum, А-5832 (1000). 

Autopsy

A.I. Ivantchik, August 2006. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. Broken off on all sides. H.7.6, W.8.6

Lettering

The letters are neatly, although not evenly cut; adorned with large serifs. Round theta and omicron; theta with detached crossbar. Word divisions in the form of triangles occasionally used. Average distance between lines: 0,8cm. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.6-1.7

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Dmitrov1952, 62, рис. 4; 2. Karyshkovsky1959, 121-122, № 14. 

Edition

[---]
[---].[---]
[---] θῆν̣α̣ι̣ [---]
[---]Ν̣ vac. 1 litt. ἐψη[φίσ---]
[---]Ω̣ • Ἀντ̣[ωνί? ---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]·[---]
[---]ΘΗ...[---]
[---].  ΕΨΗ[...---]
[---].•ΑΝ.[...---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> θῆ<unclear>ναι</unclear> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Ν</unclear></orig> <space quantity="1" unit="character"/> 
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            <seg part="I">Ἀν<unclear>τ</unclear><supplied reason="lost" cert="low">ωνί</supplied></seg> 
            <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
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Apparatus criticus

2: ΘΗΝΑKaryshkovsky
4: ΟΑΝΤKaryshkovsky

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Commentary

In 1959, according to Karyshkovsky (although his information is not fully reliable), the inscription was in the possession of the Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in Kiev. Karyshkovsky apparently did not see the monument. He offered no restorations in the publication, but reproduced the text in majuscule.

1. In the top line, remains of a bottom horizontal hasta, adornd with serif.

3. A possible restoration, by analogy with SEG 38.735: τὸ οὖν ἐψηφισμ[ένον.

 

Images

 

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