III 387. Chersonesos.Epitaph (?), II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.9.0, W.9.0, Th.11.2.

Additional description

Bottom part of a panel with relief in a shallow inset rectangle. Two-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of the citadel, medieval Enclosure 2, soil deposit. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1936, excavations of G.D. Belov (НА НЗХТ, д. 335, № 4650). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 13/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Letters lean slightly to the left, mu with slanting outer hastae, cursive sigma, moderate serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 45. 

Edition

[---]ο̣υ Φορμί̣[ων ---]
[---]οις

Diplomatic

[---].ΥΦΟΡΜ.[..---]
[---]ΟΙΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><unclear>ο</unclear>υ</w> 
         Φορμ<unclear>ί</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ων</supplied> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">οις</w>
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   </div>
Commentaries

Nadel1976, 199. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: ЛИ условно поставлено в nom., возможны другие формы.
2: [τέκν]οις, [υἱ]οῖς и т.п. ?Solomonik; [θε?]οῖς - который не исключает, что речь идет о посвятительной надписи.Nadel

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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