III 366. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Claudius (?), late I-II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble, white. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.43.0, W.42.0, Th.6.5.

Additional description

Nearly fully preserved. Bottom right corner is slightly damaged. The back is planed. Relief of funerary feast on the front. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, harbour area (Building Δ, layer 10). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1971, excavations of A.I. Romanchuk (НА НЗХТ, д. 886, № 36856/23). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 23/36856. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, oval omicron, cursive sigma, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late I-II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1985, 25, № 1. 

Edition

Κλάδ̣εος
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]

Diplomatic

ΚΛΑ.ΕΟΣ
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Κλά<unclear>δ</unclear>εος
      <lb n="1a"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Solomonik1990, № 97. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

[Claudius (?)] [---].

 

Commentary

Line 1. Ed. pr. interprets the name as the genitive of Κλάδος.

 

Images

 

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