I 62. Tyras.Incertum, III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble, white with grayish tinge. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.10.2, W.10.0, Th.2.7.

Additional description

The front is polished, the back is most likely broken off. Other sides are also broken off. 

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Unknown. 

Modern location

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Institution and inventory

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Regional Studies Museum, А-1665. 

Autopsy

A. I. Ivantchik, August 2006. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. Broken off on all sides. H.8.4, W.7.8

Lettering

Deeply and neatly cut letters, following ruled lines; adorned with serifs. Alpha with broken crossbar. In line 2, a diamond-shaped omicron is cut with little confidence, it is rounded at the top, with lower strokes intersecting at the base. Average distance between lines: 0,5cm. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.1-2.3

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Karyshkovsky1963, 106, № 7, рис. 4,7. 

Edition

[---]
[---]Ε̣Ι̣Α̣[---]
[---νο]μ̣ίζον[τες?---]
[---]Η̣ΜΑ[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]...[---]
[---..].ΙΖΟΝ[...---]
[---].ΜΑ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ΕΙΑ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">νο</supplied><unclear>μ</unclear>ίζον<supplied reason="lost" cert="low">τες</supplied><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Η</unclear>ΜΑ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
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   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Commentary

The drawing of Karyshkovsky, as well as the readings offered by him on the basis of the drawing, are imprecise. Mu is clear on the stone at the start of line 2, while the drawing shows an eta. In line 3, contra Karyshkovsky, the first letter is not gamma or pi, but most likely an eta: two parallel verticals terminating in serifs at the tops, but without a topping horizontal.

In line 2, we may restore νο]μ̣ίζον[τες or κο]μ̣ίζον[τες, but we cannot be sure in the absence of context.

 

Images

 

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