III 345. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a woman, I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.9.0, W.14.0, Th.10.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a panel with relief cornice.  

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, fortification walls, excavations on the outer side of Curtain Walls 17 and 19. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, л. 17, № 175; д. 29, л. 3, № 175). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34844. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice. 

Lettering

Even, quite deeply cut, large letters. Theta with detached crossbar, pi with even vericals and extended horizontal; light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE IV 140; IOSPE I2 526. 

Edition

[---]η Πυθοδ[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΗΠΥΘΟΔ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">η</seg> 
         <seg part="I">Πυθοδ</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="1a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: fortasse Πυθοδ[̣ώρου] vel Πυθοδ[̣ότου].IOSPE

Translation

[---]e, (of) Pythod[---]

 

Commentary

I century C.E. (probably 2nd half).

 

Images

 

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