III 138. Chersonesos.Building inscription, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.28.0, W.28.0, Th.6.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides except the bottom. The front is polished. Four-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of the citadel, Enclosure № 15. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1940, excavations of G.D. Belov (НА НЗХТ, д. 426, № 2137). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 8/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, eta with detached crossbar, omicron the same size as other letters, pi with even verticals; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.5

Text

Category

Building inscription. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1961, 31, № 1; НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 25. 

Edition

[---]
[τὸ τε]ῖχος τῇ π̣[όλει]
[κατ]εσκεύασ̣[εν ἐκ τῶν]
[ἰδί]ων Πε[---]
[..]ρ̣ατοφ[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[....]ΙΧΟΣΤΗ.[....]
[...]ΕΣΚΕΥΑ.[.......]
[...]ΩΝΠΕ[---]
[··].ΑΤΟΦ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">τὸ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τε</supplied>ῖχος τῇ 
      <unclear>π</unclear><supplied reason="lost">όλει</supplied>
      		<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">κατ</supplied>εσκεύα<unclear>σ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">εν</supplied> 
      <supplied reason="lost">ἐκ</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">τῶν</supplied>
      		<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">ἰδί</supplied>ων <w part="I">Πε</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/><w part="M"><unclear>ρ</unclear>ατοφ</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Vinogradov1975, 174; Solomonik1990, 68, № 61. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: [πόλει]Solomonik1964
2-3: [κατ]ε̣σκεύασ̣[εν ἐκ τῶ|ν ἰδί]ωνSolomonik1964; не исключено [ἐπ]εσκεύασ̣[εν]Solomonik1964
3-4: fin.-4: вероятно, остатки личного имени с патронимиком; Πέ[λανος | Στ]ρ̣ατοφ[ῶντος] ?Solomonik1964

Translation

- - - a wall [for the city] built (rebuilt) from personal funds - - -

 

Images

 

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