I 55. Tyras.Incertum, II-III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.16.6, W.10.5, Th.5.0.

Additional description

A relief with an inscription below it. The front and back are polished, the other sides broken off.  

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

In secondary context. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1988, excavations of N.A. Son; field catalogue number БД-88, No. 5. 

Modern location

Kiev. 

Institution and inventory

Repository of finds, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Кол. 1266/14/78-93. 

Autopsy

A.I. Ivantchik, October 2009. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the relief, from which a small fragment survives. Broken off on all sides, except the top. Margins: top 0,8cm. H.13.0, W.10.3

Lettering

Even and neat letters, following ruled lines, adorne with small serifs. Ligatures. Average distance between lines: 1,0. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

II-III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

[---].Σ. [---]
[---]ΟΝΔΟ̣[---]
[---]ξ̣αντα ἐ[---]
[---]Μ̣αρκε[λλ---]

Diplomatic

[---]·Σ·[---]
[---]ΟΝΔ.[---]
[---].ΑΝΤΑΕ[---]
[---].ΑΡΚΕ[..---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>Σ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΟΝΔ<unclear>Ο</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><unclear>ξ</unclear>αντα</w> 
            <w part="I">ἐ</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="I"><unclear>Μ</unclear>αρκε<supplied reason="lost">λλ</supplied><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/></seg>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

3: ΝΤ in ligatura

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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