III 127. Chersonesos.Dedication (?) mentioning Ist Italic legion, 2nd half of II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.9.5, W.5.5, Th.3.7.

Additional description

Partly preserved top side. The front and back are well worked. Four lines of text preserved. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos (Block XCVII, a well in the yard). 

Find circumstances

Found in 2003, excavations of M.I. Zolotarev. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 1/37395. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letterstrokes, alpha with a straight crossbar, word divisions (line 1: 1,8). 

Letterheights (cm)

1.4

Text

Category

Dedicatory (?) inscription. 

Date

2nd half of II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Makarov2010, 60, № 1 (= Bull.ép. 2011, 459; AE 2010 (2013), 1445; SEG 60, 809). 

Edition

[ἀγαθῇ] τ̣[ύχῃ]
[---] Θ̣εαγέ̣[νης στρατιώτης?]
[λεγεῶνος] α´ Ἰτα[λικῆς ---]
[---] Τεβ[έριος ---]
[ἀνέθηκεν? ---]

Diplomatic

[.....].[...]
[---].ΕΑΓ.[.............]
[........]ΑΙΤΑ[.....---]
[---]ΤΕΒ[.....---]
[........---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">ἀγαθῇ</supplied> <unclear>τ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ύχῃ</supplied>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
               <unclear>Θ</unclear>εαγ<unclear>έ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">νης</supplied> 
               <supplied reason="lost" cert="low">στρατιώτης</supplied>
      		<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">λεγεῶνος</supplied> <num value="1">α</num> 
            Ἰτα<supplied reason="lost">λικῆς</supplied>  
               <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> Τεβ<supplied reason="lost">έριος</supplied>  
               <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4a"/><supplied reason="lost" cert="low">ἀνέθηκεν</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

4: e.g. [ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας vel sim.] Τεβ[ερίου ἀνέθηκεν ?] ed. pr.

Translation

[Good] f[ortune]. [- - -] Theage[nes, soldier in the] First Italic [legion] - - - Tib[erius - - -].

 

Commentary

3: on either side of A, there are word divisions in the shape of dots.

4: Τεβ[έριος] - the name is restored in the Nom. hypothetically.

 

Images

 

(cc)© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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