III 139. Chersonesos.Building inscription, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Additional description

Two non-joining fragments. Broken off on all sides. The front is polished, damaged by dents and chipping. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of the citadel (Block C, Enclosure 3). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1990, excavations of M.I. Zolotarev. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 68/37199. 

Fragment1

Dimensions (cm)

H.8.0, W.12.0, Th.12.5.

Fragment2

Dimensions (cm)

H.6.0, W.5.0, Th.5.0.

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, pi with even verticals and extended horizontal, sigma with horizontal top and bottom bars; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.8

Text

Category

Building inscription. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Makarov2010, 60, № 1 (= Bull.ép. 2011, 459; AE 2010 (2013), 1446; SEG 60, 808). 

Edition

1
[---]
[---]. ἀπὸ το[ῦ ---]
[--- ἔ]ρ̣γον σχοιν[ιαίας ---]
[---].ς ☧ λϛ´ ζ´ ἔργο[ν ---]
[--- ἔρ]γον Ἀθάναιος Σ̣[---]
5[---].Α̣.[---]
[---]
2
[---]
[---].OY.[---]
[---]εις ☧ ΑΤ.[---]
[--- πρόμ]α̣χον Π[---]
[--- τ]οῦ πύ̣[ργου? ---]
5[---]Ρ̣[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

1
[---]
[---]·ΑΠΟΤΟ[.---]
[---.].ΓΟΝΣΧΟΙΝ[.....---]
[---]·Σ☧ΛϚΖΕΡΓΟ[.---]
[---..]ΓΟΝΑΘΑΝΑΙΟΣ.[---]
5[---]·.·[---]
[---]
2
[---]
[---]·OY·[---]
[---]ΕΙΣ☧ΑΤ·[---]
[---....].ΧΟΝΠ[---]
[---.]ΟΥΠ.[....---]
5[---].[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <ab>
      	<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      	<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> ἀπὸ 
            το<supplied reason="lost">ῦ</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">ἔ</supplied><unclear>ρ</unclear>γον 
            σχοιν<supplied reason="lost">ιαίας</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><w part="F">ς</w> 
            <g ref="#chi-rho">⳩</g> <num value="36">λϛ</num> <num value="7">ζ</num> ἔργο<supplied reason="lost">ν</supplied> 
            <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">ἔρ</supplied>γον 
            Ἀθάναιος <orig><unclear>Σ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Α</unclear></orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      </ab>
      </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="2">
      <ab>
      	<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      	<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>OY</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">εις</w> <g ref="#chi-rho">⳩</g> 
            <orig>ΑΤ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">πρόμ</supplied><unclear>α</unclear>χον 
            <orig>Π</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">τ</supplied>οῦ 
            π<unclear>ύ</unclear><supplied reason="lost" cert="low">ργου</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Ρ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      </ab>
      </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: e.g. το[ῦ e.g. πύργου - - - μέχρι - - -] ed. pr.
2: vel σχοιν[ιᾶς] 1: vestigia

Translation

- - - from [- - -] work on a curtain wall - - - (abbreviation symbol) 36, 7, work - - - work, Athanaios - - - (abbreviation symbol) - - - [front bul]wark - - - of the to[wer?] - - -

 

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