I 56. Tyras.Incertum, II-III century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble, white with gray veins.
Dimensions (cm)
H.15.0, W.11.6, Th.4.9.
Additional description
The front is polished, the back is uneven, but smoothed; the bottom is carefully cut, but left without further treatment; other sides are broken off.
Place of Origin
Tyras.
Find place
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
Find context
Central trench, southeast sector, medieval pavement, in secondary use.
Find circumstances
Found in 1979, excavations of I.B. Kleyman; field catalogue number БД-79, № 76 (on the fragment – 76, on the inventory card – 79).
Modern location
Odessa.
Institution and inventory
Odessa Archaeological Museum, 87830.
Autopsy
A.I. Ivantchik, August 2007.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front. Broken off on all sides, except the bottom. Margins: bottom 2,4cm. H.12.3, W.10.7
Lettering
Deeply, neatly and beautifully cut letters, adorned with serifs. Word divisions in the shape of a leaf. The lettering is similar to that of IOSPE I2, 14, but our fragment does not belong to that inscription. Average distance between lines: 1,5cm.
Letterheights (cm)
3.3-3.8
Text
Category
Incertum.
Date
II-III century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Ineditum.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <orig>ΟΝ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΟΙ<unclear>Ν</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
Translation
Not attempted.
Images
© 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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