I 61. Tyras.Incertum, 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.12.9, W.7.3, Th.1.7.

Additional description

The front is polished, the back is treated summarily, the other sides are broken off. 

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

Central trench. 

Find circumstances

Found in 2003, excavations of T.L. Samoylova. 

Modern location

Odessa. 

Institution and inventory

Department of Archaeology of the Northern Black Sea Coast, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, field catalogue number - БТЭ-03, сп. 18, № 171. 

Autopsy

A.I. Ivantchik, August 2006. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. Broken off on all sides. H.12.8, W.6.5

Lettering

Letters are neatly and evenly cut, following ruled lines visible on the stone; large serifs. Alpha with broken crossbar. Rectangular sigma. Ligatures. Average distance between lines: 1,2cm. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.4-3.5

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

[---]
[---]Τ̣ΑΙΣ̣[---]
[---] . ΣΑΕ̣[---]
[---] ΝΡ̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---].ΑΙ.[---]
[---]·ΣΑ.[---]
[---]Ν.[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> 
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      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <orig>Ν<unclear>Ρ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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Apparatus criticus

3: ΝΡ in ligatura

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

(cc)© 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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