I 57. Tyras.Incertum, II-III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble, white. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.20.9, W.17.1, Th.7.3.

Additional description

The front and back are polished, the right side is treated summarily, the other sides broken off. The inscription is framed by a profiled border (width 7,5). The depth of the inset inscribed field is 1,2. 

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

Central trench. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1975, excavations of I.B. Kleyman; field catalogue number БД-75/252, сп. 157. 

Modern location

Odessa. 

Institution and inventory

Odessa Archaeological Museum, 85831. 

Autopsy

A.I. Ivantchik, September 2008. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. The epigraphic field is not entirely even. Broken off on all sides, except the right. H.16.5, W.4.7

Lettering

Sloppily, but evenly cut letters, without serifs. Rectangular sigma. Average distance between lines: 0,5cm. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2-1.4

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

II-III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

[---]
[---]Α
[---]ΙΕ
[---]ΩΣ
[---θ]εωρε-
5[---]Ο̣Σ̣Ο
[---]Ο
[---]Υ̣
[---]
[---]
10[---]. Ν
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]Α
[---]ΙΕ
[---]ΩΣ
[---.]ΕΩΡΕ
5[---]..Ο
[---]Ο
[---].
[---]
[---]
10[---]·Ν
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<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"/><orig>Α</orig>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΙΕ</orig>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΩΣ</orig>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="I"><supplied reason="lost">θ</supplied>εωρε</w>
      		<lb n="5" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ΟΣ</unclear>Ο</orig>
      		<lb n="6"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>Ο</orig>
      		<lb n="7"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Υ</unclear></orig>
      		<lb n="8"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="9"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="10"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <orig>Ν</orig>
      		<lb n="10a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

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.)