III 319. Chersonesos.Epitaph, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.5.0, W.5.0, Th.3.0.

Additional description

Broken off on the left. Partly preserved two-line inscription on the front. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southern area of the necropolis by the fortification wall ("along the road leading to the batteries"). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1893, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 3, л. 42, № 98; д. 22, л. 5, № 98).  

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34889. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE 16, № 14; IOSPE IV 117; IOSPE I2 499. 

Edition

[---δ]ω̣ρος
[---]ρίδα

Diplomatic

[---.].ΡΟΣ
[---]ΡΙΔΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F"><supplied reason="lost">δ</supplied><unclear>ω</unclear>ρος</seg>
      	<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">ρίδα</seg>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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