III 300. Chersonesos. Epitaph of B[---], 2nd half of II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Sandstone. 

Dimensions (cm)

Th. 7.0.

Additional description

Two non-joining fragments: the left and right sides of a panel. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1897. excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. The monument is considered lost since 1960s. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, wide tau, large omicron, four-bar sigma with nearly parallel top and bottom bars. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1899, 12, № 9; IOSPE IV 102; IOSPE I2469. 

Edition

Β[---]ΩΝ
ΑΤ[---].ΟΣ.

Diplomatic

Β[---]ΩΝ
ΑΤ[---]·ΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><orig>Β</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ων</orig>
      <lb n="2"/><orig>Ατ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ος</orig>.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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