III 198. Chersonesos.Metrical epitaph of M. Aurelius Iason, III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Material 

Dimensions (cm)

H.53.0, W.43.0, Th.7.5.

Additional description

The front is polished. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of the citadel, Northern basilica, near the monastery cemetery, inside basilica. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1893, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 3, л. 34, № 92; д. 22, л. 3, № 92). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3610. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Elongatd letters. Alpha with broken crossbar, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Metrical epitaph. 

Date

III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1895, 15, № 12 (= Latyshev1895c, 519, № 9); IOSPE IV 108; IOSPE I2 479. 

Edition

καὶ τίς οὐκ ἂν ἐνέσιεν τὸν ἐν βρο-
vac. τοῖσιν ποθητὸν vac.
στεφέεσίν τε ἔξοχον καὶ ἐν καμά-
vac. τοισιν μέγιστον vac.
5Μ(άρκον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Ἰάσονα Μ(άρκου) Ἀρχία, [κ]λ̣υτὸν
vac. σέβας vac. ·

vac.

Diplomatic

ΚΑΙΤΙΣΟΥΚΑΝΕΝΕΣΙΕΝΤΟΝΕΝΒΡΟ
      ΤΟΙΣΙΝΠΟΘΗΤΟΝ      
ΣΤΕΦΕΕΣΙΝΤΕΕΞΟΧΟΝΚΑΙΕΝΚΑΜΑ
      ΤΟΙΣΙΝΜΕΓΙΣΤΟΝ      
5Μ ΑΥΡΙΑΣΟΝΑ ΜΑΡΧΙΑ[.].ΥΤΟΝ
      ΣΕΒΑΣ      

      

EpiDoc (XML)

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Edition in Verse


καὶ τίς οὐκ ἂν ἐνέσιεν τὸν ἐν βρο| vac. τοῖσιν ποθητὸν vac. |
στεφέεσίν τε ἔξοχον καὶ ἐν καμά| vac. τοισιν μέγιστον vac. |
(5) Μ(άρκον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Ἰάσονα Μ(άρκου) Ἀρχία, [κ]λ̣υτὸν | vac. σέβας vac. ·

vac.
Commentaries

Solomonik1990, 100, № 101. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: ἐνέσιεν = αἰνέσειεν
3: στεφέεσιν scripsi secundum lap.; στέφε<σ>σιν edd.
5: [κ]λυτὸν scripsi; [κλ]υτὸνIOSPE ; В нижней части плиты следы букв: слева наклонная линия и Γ (?), справа Ν («ad titulim non pertinent» - IOSPE).

Translation

And who would not praise the one regretted among mortals, outstanding in awards and the greatest in toils, M(arcus) Aur(elius) Iason, (son of) M(arcus) Archias, noble and revered?

 

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