III 318. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a man, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.19.5, W.12.0, Th.7.5.

Additional description

Right side of a panel. Three-line inscription. The front is dented. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Center of the citadel, square in front of the Vladimirsky Cathedral. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1890, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 19, л. 5, № 36; д. 1, № 36). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35040. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Omicron slightly smaller than other letters, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, flaring and serifs at the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

, 12, № 8; IOSPE IV 116; IOSPE I2 498. 

Edition

[---α]νδρος
[Διον]υσίου
[---]όχου.

Diplomatic

[---.]ΝΔΡΟΣ
[....]ΥΣΙΟΥ
[---]ΟΧΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Διον</supplied>υσίου 
      	<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">όχου</seg>.
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   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

[Νίκα]νδρος | [Διον]υσίου | [τοῦ Ἀντι]όχου.IOSPE

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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