III 342. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Primes, 2nd half of I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.86.0, W.37.0, Th.15.0.

Additional description

Narrow tall stele of "Bosporan type," with a dowel for attachment to the base. Fully preserved. At the top: relief pediment with acroteria and rosette in the centre. Two rosettes on the left and right of the pediment. On the centre front, in an inset field: relief of funerary feast. Two-line insription is sloppily cut below the relief. The relief is quite effaced, letter are barely visible. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos) or Kerch. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Found before 1888. 

Modern location

Odessa. 

Institution and inventory

Odessa Archaeological Museum, 50197. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Sloppy shallow letters. Alpha with broken crossbar, mu with splayed outer hastae, pi with even verticals; light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE II, 194 (cf. ibidem. p. 305); IOSPE I2 489; КБНCIRB 498. 

Edition

Πρῖμε Δ̣ι̣ο̣φ̣ά̣ν̣-
[τ]ο̣υ̣, χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

ΠΡΙΜΕ ......
[.]..ΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Πρῖμε 
      	     <unclear cert="low">Διοφάν</unclear> 
      	<lb n="2" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">τ</supplied><unclear>ου</unclear>, χαῖρε.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Yurgevich1887, 76; Yurgevich1890, 79, № 6; Kieseritzky, Watzinger1909, № 729; Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976, № 375. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1-2: scripsiIOSPE ; [Δ]ιο[κ]λ[εί]|δ]ου (?)IOSPE I2 ; Διοφ(ά)ντουIOSPE I2 ; Διο[κ]λεί|[δ]ου («после сверки с камнем»)

Translation

Primes, (sof of) Diophantos (?), greeting.

 

Images

 

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