III 200. Chersonesos.Metrical epitaph, 2nd half of II - early 1 century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.9.0, W.12.0, Th.2.0.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southern sector of Chersonesos (the so-called "acropolis").
Find circumstances
Found in 1903, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА ИИМК, Р 2, № 125).
Modern location
Unknown. Formerly in Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
Unknown Formerly in Museum of Chersonesos (later renamed National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos), no inventory number.
Autopsy
Non vidi. I was not able to find the monument in the repository of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Alpha with broken crossbar, delta with open top, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars
Letterheights (cm)
1.3
Text
Category
Decree.
Date
2nd half of II - early 1 century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev1905, 111, № 25; IOSPE 579.
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<ab>
<lb n="1"/><lg><l met="hexameter">παῖδα <seg part="I">Θεογ<unclear>ν</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><supplied reason="lost">κα</supplied></w>
<lb n="2"/>τίσχει<space quantity="3" unit="character"/></l> <l met="hexameter"><w part="I">τ</w><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><unclear>ν</unclear>τα</w> διὰ <w part="I">π</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/></l>
<lb n="4"/><l met="hexameter"><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/><w part="M">μαχο</w><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/><w part="I">πατρι</w><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/></l>
<lb n="6"/><l met="hexameter"><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/><seg part="I"><unclear>Ρ</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="6a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/></l></lg>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
1:
Θεογν scripsi;
θεὸςIOSPE
1-2:
[κα]|τίσχει scripsi (scil. τύμβος vel sim.);
[ἀν]τίσχειIOSPE
;
fin.: vestigia.
3:
не исключаю также διαπ[- - -]
4:
fin.: после Ο вертикальная гаста
[ἐν προ]μάχοι[σι]IOSPE
5:
πατρί[δα] vel sim.IOSPE
Translation
child of Theogn[---] holds (this grave?) --- figh[ting ?] ---
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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