III 373. Chersonesos.Epitaph mentioning a woman of Chersonesos, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.105.0, W.56.0, Th.16.0.

Additional description

Two joining fragments. Broken off on the top and right. Relief of a couple, framed by columns. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of the citadel of Chersonesos ("area of the former gunpowder cellar near the monastery stables"). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 7, № 154; д. 27, л. 4, № 154). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3669. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar formed by two intersecting diagonals, eta with detached crossbar; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1899, 17, № 20 (= IOSPE IV 142); IOSPE I2 528. 

Edition

[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
γυνὴ Ταυρική

Diplomatic

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ΓΥΝΗΤΑΥΡΙΚΗ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger1909 № 408; Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 309; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) с. 87; Solomonik1990, № 92; Saprykin1997, 361 (= SEG 46, 935). 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: [ἡ δ. τοῦ δ.] | γυνή Ταυρική IOSPE; [ἡ δ. τοῦ δ.] | γυνή, Ταυρική vel [τοῦ δ.] | γυνή, ΤαυρικήSaprykin

Translation

- - -, woman of Chersonesos (?)

 

Commentary

"Coniciendum est primum tituli versum, defunctae et mariti eius nomina continentem, summae lapidis parti, nunc deperditae, fuisse incisum (IOSPE I2).

II century C.E. (probably 1st half).

 

Images

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