III 136. Chersonesos.Building inscription, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.22.0, W.14.0, Th.1.6.

Additional description

Partly preserved top of a panel, found in two fragments (one of them at present is split, with a small piece missing). The epigraphic field is demarcated by a profiled border. The front and back are polished. The inscription is cut following ruled lines, letters are traced in red paint. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1912 (НА НЗХТ, д. 106, л. 50, № 2988). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34863. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Eta with detached crossbar, large serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.7

Text

Category

Building inscription. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1915, 32, № 5; IOSPE I2 583; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 133 (= Bull.ép. 1974, 380). 

Edition

Δ̣ημή[τριος]
Σαμ[--- τὸ]
βαλα[νεῖον]
Τ[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

.ΗΜΗ[.....]
ΣΑΜ[---..]
ΒΑΛΑ[.....]
Τ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/><unclear>Δ</unclear>ημή<supplied reason="lost">τριος</supplied>
      		<lb n="2"/><seg part="I">Σαμ</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">τὸ</supplied>
      		<lb n="3"/>βαλα<supplied reason="lost">νεῖον</supplied>
      		<lb n="4"/><orig>Τ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Nadel1976, 202. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: suppl.Latyshev
2: Σαμ[ίχου e.g.]Solomonik; [τὸ] supplevi
3: βαλα[νεῖον ?]Latyshev; Βάλα[ς]Nadel
4: τ[ῇ πόλει]Solomonik
5-6: [ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων] / [ἐποίησε]Solomonik

Translation

Deme[trios], (son of) Sam[- - -] (built) a bath house - - -

 

Commentary

Date: closer to the middle of II century C.E.

 

Images

(cc)© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)