III 370. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Stratonikos, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 19.5, W. 22.5, Th. 10.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. The front is well worked. In a rectangular inset area is a bas-relief of a child, lower part of a down-to-waist image, with traces of paint: the arms are bent at the elbow, joined on the chest and possibly holding some object (a fruit? a bird?). The front is well worked, the back and sides are roughly picked. Below the relief is a four-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, rubble deposit near the so-called "barracks." 

Find circumstances

Random find by S.V. Diachokov in 1999. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 10/37330. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, cursive epsilon and sigma, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

Στρατίνικος Λουκ̣[ίου]
ζήσας ἔτη γ´ καὶ ΟΥ[. 4.]
ΩΣΜΟΡΟΝΟ̣..[---]
.ΗΣΕΝ̣Ε[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]

Diplomatic

ΣΤΡΑΤΙΝΙΚΟΣ ΛΟΥ.[...]
ΖΗΣΑΣΕΤΗΓΚΑΙΟΥ[····]
ΩΣΜΟΡΟΝ.··[---]
·ΗΣΕ.Ε[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Στρατίνικος 
      	     Λου<unclear>κ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ίου</supplied>
      	<lb n="2"/>ζήσας ἔτη <num value="4">γ</num> καὶ <orig>ου</orig><gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character" cert="low"/>
      	<lb n="3"/><orig>ωσμορον<unclear>ο</unclear></orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="4"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ησε<unclear>ν</unclear>ε</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="4a"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

2: по обеим сторонам Г точки-разделители ΟΥ[- c.4 -] возможно, начало личного имени (e.g. Οὐ[άλης]).
3: вероятные словоразделы: ὡς μόρον ο[---] или [---]|ως μόρον ο[---] следы букв в конце стк. не поддаются надежной идентификации.
4: в начале стк. нижняя часть вертикальной гасты.
5: явных следов букв не видно. Не исключено, что стк. 4 была последней.

Translation

Stratonikos, (son of) Lu[kios], having lived 4 years and [---].

 

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