III 202. Chersonesos.Metrical epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.55.0, W.40.0, Th.14.5.

Additional description

Broken off on the top and bottom. The front and sides are well worked, the back is treated summarily. On the front: eleven-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Conservation excavations on the Maiden Hill, beyond the territory of the citadel of Chersonesos. 

Find circumstances

Found in 2007, excavations of T.Yu. Yashayeva. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 127/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters; cursive epsilon, sigma, omega;  

Letterheights (cm)

3.5–4.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Makarov2009, 118 (= SEG 59, 816; Bull.ép. 2010, 463). 

Edition

[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - τανη]λεγέως
[ - - - - - - - - - - ][...] vac. .
[---].ΟΝ νέον κτεῖνασα
χερσὶν ἀγριοθύμων
5δῶκας ἄχος [β]αρυπενθῆ
τοκεῦσιν ἠδὲ φίλοισιν.
ὃν κόλποισιν θρέψασα
καὶ τιθνήσασα Σουσις
δύσμορον ἐνθάδε θῆκε
10παρὰ πλευρ<ῆ>σι πατρώαις
[δά]κρυα πολλὰ χ<έο>υσα
[---]

10: orig. ΠΛΕΥΡΕΣΙ; 11: orig. ΧΘΥΣΑ

Diplomatic

[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ....]ΛΕΓΕΩΣ
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]Ι[···]       
[---]ΟΝΝΕΟΝΚΤΕΙΝΑΣΑ
ΧΕΡΣΙΝΑΓΡΙΟΘΥΜΩΝ
5ΔΩΚΑΣΑΧΟΣ[.]ΑΡΥΠΕΝΘΗ
ΤΟΚΕΥΣΙΝΗΔΕΦΙΛΟΙΣΙΝ
ΟΝΚΟΛΠΟΙΣΙΝΘΡΕΨΑΣΑ
ΚΑΙΤΙΘΝΗΣΑΣΑΣΟΥΣΙΣ
ΔΥΣΜΟΡΟΝΕΝΘΑΔΕΘΗΚΕ
10ΠΑΡΑΠΛΕΥΡΕΣΙΠΑΤΡΩΑΙΣ
[..]ΚΡΥΑΠΟΛΛΑΧΘΥΣΑ
[---]

10: orig. ΠΛΕΥΡΕΣΙ; 11: orig. ΧΘΥΣΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="0"/><lg met="hexameter"><l part="Y"><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/></l>
      	<lb n="1"/><l met="hexameter"><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/> <supplied reason="lost">τανη</supplied>λεγέως
      	<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/>.<orig>Ι</orig><gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> 
      	     <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>.</l>
      	<lb n="3"/><l met="hexameter"><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>.<orig>ΟΝ</orig> νέον κτεῖνασα
      	<lb n="4"/>χερσὶν ἀγριοθύμων</l>
      	<lb n="5"/><l met="hexameter">δῶκας ἄχος <supplied reason="lost">β</supplied>αρυπενθῆ
      	<lb n="6"/>τοκεῦσιν ἠδὲ φίλοισιν.</l>
      	<lb n="7"/><l met="hexameter">ὃν κόλποισιν θρέψασα
      	<lb n="8"/>καὶ τιθνήσασα Σουσις</l>
      	<lb n="9"/><l met="hexameter">δύσμορον ἐνθάδε θῆκε
      	<lb n="10"/>παρὰ πλευρ<choice><corr>ῆ</corr><sic>Ε</sic></choice>σι πατρώαις</l>
      	<lb n="11"/><l met="hexameter"><supplied reason="lost">δά</supplied>κρυα πολλὰ χ<choice><corr>έο</corr><sic>Θ</sic></choice>υσα
      	<lb n="11a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/></l></lg>
   </ab>
   
   
   </div>

Edition in Verse


[---] |
[ - - - - - - - - - - τανη]λεγέως | [ - - - - - - - - - - ][...] vac. . |
[---].ΟΝ νέον κτεῖνασα | χερσὶν ἀγριοθύμων |
(5) δῶκας ἄχος [β]αρυπενθῆ | τοκεῦσιν ἠδὲ φίλοισιν. |
ὃν κόλποισιν θρέψασα | καὶ τιθνήσασα Σουσις |
δύσμορον ἐνθάδε θῆκε | (10) παρὰ πλευρ<ῆ>σι πατρώαις |
[δά]κρυα πολλὰ χ<έο>υσα | [---]

10: orig. ΠΛΕΥΡΕΣΙ; 11: orig. ΧΘΥΣΑ

 
Apparatus criticus

2: в конце строки либо Ο, либо с большей вероятностью знак-разделитель в виде листа плюща fortasse ΟΙΤΑΟ (Kantor, на основании фото).
3: в начале строки видна нижняя часть вертикали; e. g. [αὐ]τόν или окончание личного имени.

Translation

[- - -] bringing long woe [- - -] having slayed him? young by the hands of fierce men, you inflicted deep grief upon the parents and friends. Sousis who had nurtured and raised him in her lap laid the ill-fated one by the side of his father, shedding many tears [- - -]

 

Commentary

II century C.E. (probably not earlier than mid century).

 

Images

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