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. Karyshkovsky 1963, 106, № 7, рис. 4,7.
<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><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"/>
</ab>
</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
© 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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