III 372. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Soterichos and Koncha, 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.33.0, W.27.0, Th.8.0.

Additional description

Fully preserved. Relief of funerary feast. Two-line inscription is cut in neat deep letters below the relief. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos ("area between the boathouse and fortification wall"), masonry of a medieval house. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 16, № 312; д. 36, л. 5, № 312). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3637а. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, theta with attached crossbar, oval omicron, pi with even verticals and extended horizontal; ligatures. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1908, 16, № 2; IOSPE I2 457. 

Edition

Σωτήριχος θεᾶς Παρθ-
ένου ζήσας ἔτη π´ καὶ
ἡ σύμβιος αὐτοῦ Κόνχα
ζήσασα ἔτη

Diplomatic

ΣΩΤΗΡΙΧΟΣΘΕΑΣΠΑΡΘ
ΕΝΟΥΖΗΣΑΣΕΤΗΠΚΑΙ
ΗΣΥΜΒΙΟΣΑΥΤΟΥΚΟΝΧΑ
ΖΗΣΑΣΑΕΤΗ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Σωτήριχος θεᾶς Παρθ 
      	<lb n="2" break="no"/>ένου ζήσας ἔτη <num value="80">π</num> καὶ
      	<lb n="3"/>ἡ σύμβιος αὐτοῦ Κόνχα
      	<lb n="4"/>ζήσασα ἔτη
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 336; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973), с. 87; Solomonik1990, № 98. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: по обеим сторонам Π точки-разделители.
4: буквы более мелкие, чем в предыдущих строках; в конце стк. точка-разделитель.

Translation

Soterichos (priest?) of Goddess Parthenos, having lived 80 years, and his wife Koncha, having lived ... years.

 

Images

 

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