III 384. Chersonesos.Epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.14.0, W.24.0, Th.2.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. An inset rectangle with relief of funerary banquet. Below the relief, a five-line inscription is cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

 

Find circumstances

Found in 1897, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 6, № 143; д. 26, л. 3, № 143). 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3598. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters; ligatures, word divisions. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1899 19, № 24 (= IOSPE IV 148; IOSPE I2 582). 

Edition

[---] φίλου καὶ Ἥλιν ΘΑΜΙΧ[---]
[---] ων Θεαγένην Εὐσε[β---]
[---]ρ̣όξενος, Ἀπελλᾶς [---]
[---]δ̣ων οἱ ἀδελφοὶ [---]
5[---].Α̣ΙΣ . [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΦΙΛΟΥΚΑΙΗΛΙΝΘΑΜΙΧ[---]
[---]ΩΝΘΕΑΓΕΝΗΝΕΥΣΕ[.---]
[---].ΟΞΕΝΟΣΑΠΕΛΛΑΣ[---]
[---].ΩΝΟΙΑΔΕΛΦΟΙ[---]
5[---]·.ΙΣ·[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      φίλου καὶ Ἥλιν <orig>ΘΑΜΙΧ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
            <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <w part="F">ων</w> Θεαγένην 
               <seg part="I">Εὐσε<supplied reason="lost">β</supplied></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
            <lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F"><unclear>ρ</unclear>όξενος</seg>, 
      Ἀπελλᾶς <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F"><unclear>δ</unclear>ων</seg> οἱ ἀδελφοὶ 
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="5"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Α</unclear>ΙΣ</orig> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="5a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger1909 134, № 737a; Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 107, № 337. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: [Θεο?]φίλου - edd.; Ἦλιν - edd.
2-3: Εὐσε/[βίου] - edd.
3: [π]ρόξενος - edd.; ρόσενοςKieseritzky
4: [- - -]δων - edd.
5: ταις - edd.

Translation

- - -]philos and Helis, (son of) - - - Theagenes, (son of) Euseb[- - -] roxenos, Apellas - - - , brothers - - -

 

Images

 

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