III 347. Chersonesos.Epitaph., 2nd half of I - early II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.22, W.29, Th.8.

Additional description

Lower part of a panel. Relief of funerary feast in a rectangular inset field. Below the relief, the inscription is cut following ruled lines 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, citadel, near Tower XVI and Curtain Wall 18 of the fortification walls (threshold of a doorway in Enclosure Б). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1959, excavations of V.V. Borisova (НА НЗХТ, д. 758, л. 19). 

Modern location

Moscow, Russia. 

Institution and inventory

, no inventory number. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Lettering

Neat, deeply cut letters. Alpha with broken crossbar and projecting diagonals, large theta with detached crossbar; flaring and serifs at the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of I - early II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Borisova1962, 102. 

Edition

[---]τταν θρέψαντα ΤΕΙ- vac. 1 litt.
[---] vac.

Diplomatic

[---]ΤΤΑΝΘΡΕΨΑΝΤΑΤΕΙ-   
[---]      

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">τταν</w>
      θρέψαντα <orig>τει</orig><space quantity="1" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="2" break="no"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
    </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kazakevitch1963, 67; Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976, 103, № 325; Solomonik1983, 81, № 12; SEG 33, 601. 

 
Apparatus criticus

0-2: [ὁ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος] / vacat /[- - - Ἄ]τταν θρέψαντα Τεί/[μωνα] e.g.Solomonik
1-2: [- - - Ἄ]τταν θρέψαντα τει/[μῆς χάριν]Borisova

Translation

[- - -]tta, who nurtured - - -

 

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