III 393. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a woman, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.11.0, W.10.5, Th.5.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. The back is cut. Three-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of the citadel (Block 10A, 9th cross street). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1990, excavations of S.G. Ryzhov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 64/37197. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Large, deeply cut letters; theta with detached crossbar; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

[---]
[---] θυγάτ[ηρ]
[---]θου, γυ[νὰ δὲ]
[---]Τ̣Ρ[---]
[.. ? ..]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---] ΘΥΓΑΤ[..]
[---]ΘΟΥΓΥ[.. ..]
[---][---]
[.. ? ..]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/> 
      	<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      	       θυγάτ<supplied reason="lost">ηρ</supplied>
      	<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">θου</seg>, γυ<supplied reason="lost">νὰ</supplied>
      	    <supplied reason="lost">δὲ</supplied>
      	<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="M"><orig><unclear>τ</unclear>ρ</orig></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="3a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknwon" unit="line"/> 
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

2: e.g.: [Ξάν]θου vel [Ζήθ]ου (среди личных имен, засвидетельствованных в Херсонесе).
3: e.g.: [Δαμα]τρ[ίου] vel [Μη]τρ[οδώρου] vel sim.

Translation

[---], daughter of [---], wife of [---].

 

Images

(cc)© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)