III 145. Chersonesos.Building inscription of Markianos, 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Column. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Dimensions (cm)

H.28.0, W.21.0, Th.8.0.

Additional description

Two joining pieces of a column, broken off on the top and bottom. Reused in the construction of a basilica. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Uvarov Basilica (№ 23). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1853, excavations of A.S. Uvarov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 122/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Some letters slightly elongated, oval omicron the size of other letters, rectangular sigma, phi with projecting vertical; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.7

Text

Category

Building inscription. 

Date

2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Stefani1866, 235, № 6; IOSPE I 208; IOSPE I2 445. 

Edition

ἀγαθῇ τύχη
Μαρκιανὸς Γα-
ί[ο]υ Ἡρακλεώτης
φιλοτ[τειμησάμενος]
5εἰς το [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

ΑΓΑΘΗΤΥΧΗ
ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΣ ΓΑ
Ι[.]Υ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΗΣ
ΦΙΛΟΤ[............]
5ΕΙΣΤΟ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="2"/>Μαρκιανὸς 
      	     Γα
      	<lb n="3" break="no"/><supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">ί<supplied reason="lost">ο</supplied>υ</supplied> 
      	     <supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">Ἡρακλεώτης</supplied>
      	<lb n="4"/>φιλοτ<supplied reason="lost">τειμησάμενος</supplied> 
      	<lb n="5"/>εἰς το <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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Commentaries

Uvarov1855, 159 сл; Mansvetov1872, 78 слл.; Pichikyan1976a, 103; Pichikyan1984, 249. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Τ в форме креста (вероятно, модификация византйского времени).
3: leg. к моменту издания IOSPE I строка была повреждена сколом и не читалась за исключением следов букв 1, 2, 4 в начале стк.
4: suppl.
5: εἰς τ[. . κείονα. .]IOSPE; εἰς τ[ὸν κείονα vel τοὺς κείονας | δηνάρια] Stefani

Translation

 

Images

  

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