III 361. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Hermes, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 16.0, W. 23.0, Th. 4.0.

Additional description

Bottom left corner of a panel. Two fragments found separately and later joined. The front is polished. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

 

Find context

Fragment 1: southeast sector of Chersonesos, fortification walls, excavations on the outer side of Curtain Walls 17 and 18. 

Find circumstances

Fragment 1 was found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, л. 17, № 177; д. 29, л. 3, № 177). Fragment 2 was a random find in 1900. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34864. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Cursive epsilon, mu, sigma, light serifs, word divisions. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE IV 171 (= IOSPE I2 622) fr. 1; Latyshev 1902a, 25, № 6; IOSPE I2 497 fr. 2; Shangin 1938, 77, № 6. 

Edition

Ἑρμῆς Ἀρίσ[τω-]
νος ζήσας
ἔτη με´

Diplomatic

ΕΡΜΗΣΑΡΙΣ[..-]
ΝΟΣΖΗΣΑΣ
ΕΤΗΜΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Ἑρμῆς 
           Ἀρίσ<supplied reason="lost">τω</supplied> 
      	<lb n="2" break="no"/>νος ζήσας
      	<lb n="3"/>ἔτη <num value="35">με</num>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: suppl. Latyshev
2: между Σ и Ζ знак-разделитель в виде листа плюща, om. edd.
3: [ἔτ]η по обеим сторонам числового обозначения ΜΕ знаки-разделители в виде листьев плюща, om. edd. Latyshev

Translation

Hermes, (son of) Ariston, having lived 35 years.

 

Commentary

Shangin (1938, 77, № 6) joined Fragments 1 and 2.

 

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