III 346. Chesonesos.Family epitaph, late I century B.C.E. – I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Ossuary. 

Material

Sandstone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.28.0, W.48.0, Th.35.0.

Additional description

Ossuary in the shape of a rectangular sarcophagus. Top corners are shaped as acroteria. Fully preserved. Surfaces are well worked. one of the long sides bears the inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chesonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol. 

Find context

 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ д. 2, л. 17, № 70; д. 20, № 70). 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3667. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Thinly cut letters, alpha with straight crossbar, mu with slanting outer hastae; slight flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late I century B.C.E. – I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1892 9, № 11 (= IOSPE IV, 135; IOSPE I2 I2, 513). 

Edition

a
ΟΚΤΙΟΛΟΙΟ<μν>ῆμα ΜΗΤΡΟ...

1: orig. ΝΗΜΑ

b
χαῖρε.
c
Ἡμέρα γυνὴ
Μητροδόρο-
5υ εἰς ἔτη ε´
ἥμυσυ, θυγά-
τηρ Ἀπελλᾶ
d
τοῦ Ἀ-
πελλ-
10ᾶ τοῦ κ-
ὲ ΠΡΟ
ΜΑΕΤ̣
Ο [.]. vac. 2 litt.

Diplomatic

a
ΟΚΤΙΟΛΟΙΟΝΗΜΑΜΗΤΡΟ···

1: orig. ΝΗΜΑ

b
ΧΑΙΡΕ
c
ΗΜΕΡΑΓΥΝΗ
ΜΗΤΡΟΔΟΡΟ
5ΥΕΙΣΕΤΗΕ
ΗΜΥΣΥΘΥΓΑ
ΤΗΡΑΠΕΛΛΑ
d
ΤΟΥΑ
ΠΕΛΛ
10ΑΤΟΥΚ
ΕΠΡΟ
ΜΑΕ.
Ο[·]·    

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="3"/>Ἡμέρα γυνὴ
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      Ἀπελλᾶ      
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Apparatus criticus

; scripsi; [. . .] μνῆμα Μητρο[δώρου?] - edd. ΟΚΤΙΟΛΟΙΟΝΗΜΑΜΗΤΡΟΡΟΜ
4-5: Μητροδόρο/υ = Μητροδώρο/υ
6: ἥμυσυ = ἥμισυ
10-11: κ/έ = κ/αί
12-13: scripsi; Προμα[θίωνος ?] - edd.; не исключаю Προ/μᾶ, ἐτ̣ο̃[ν (= ἐτῶν) - - -]

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