III 403. Chersonesos.Family epitaph, 2nd half of II - early III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.20.0, W.41.0, Th.3.0.

Additional description

Bottom part of a panel, in four joining fragments. Relief of funerary banquet in an inset rectangle. Below the relief is a four-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Fragments 1 and 4: southeast sector of Chersonesos next to Tower XVII (Zeno's Tower). Fragments 2 and 3: southeast sector of Chersonesos, the outer side of Curtain Wall 19 of fortification walls ("left south side of the house of captain Belozerov"). 

Find circumstances

Fragments 1 and 4 (outer left and outer right) found in 1898, excavations of of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 7, л. 6, № 149a, 149б; д. 27, л. 2, № 149). Fragments 2 and 3 (centre of the panel) found in 1907, excavations of of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 16, № 326; д. 36, л. 5, № 326). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34884 (fr. 1), 34868 (fr. 2), 34925 (fr. 3), 34869 (fr. 4). 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Narrow letters of varying height; cursive epsilon, mu, sigma; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5 - 2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of II - early III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Fr.1-4. Latyshev1899, 13, № 10; IOSPE IV 467 (= IOSPE I2 518). Fr.2-3. Latyshev1908, 15, № 1; IOSPE I2 459; Shangin1938, 76, № 5; Solomonik1983, 78, № 11. 

Edition

ΗΛΡΙΣ <Δ>ιονυσίου ζήσας ἔτη [--- κα]ὶ̣ ἡ σύνβιός μου
Μάτα ζήσασα ἔτη vac. [καὶ ὁ υἱός μου ---]ν̣οος
vac. 3 litt. ζήσας ἔτη κ´ ΑΥ̣[---]
[---]ΗΔΙΚΗΣΑ.[---]

1: orig. ΛΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ

Diplomatic

ΗΛΡΙΣ ΛΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥΖΗΣΑΣΕΤΗ[---..].ΗΣΥΝΒΙΟΣΜΟΥ
ΜΑΤΑΖΗΣΑΣΑΕΤΗ      [...........---].ΟΟΣ
      ΖΗΣΑΣΕΤΗΚΑ.[---]
[---]ΗΔΙΚΗΣΑ·[---]

1: orig. ΛΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/><orig>ΗΛΡΙΣ</orig> 
      		    <choice><corr>Δ</corr><sic>Λ</sic></choice>ιονυσίου 
            ζήσας ἔτη <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">κα</supplied><unclear>ὶ</unclear> ἡ σύνβιός μου
      		<lb n="2"/>Μάτα ζήσασα ἔτη <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">καὶ ὁ υἱός μου</supplied> 
            <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F"><unclear>ν</unclear>οος</seg>
      		<lb n="3"/><space quantity="3" unit="character" cert="low"/> ζήσας ἔτη <num value="20">κ</num> 
            <orig>Α<unclear>Υ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΗΔΙΚΗΣΑ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger1909 40, № 230 (fr. 1 и 4); Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 112, № 350; SEG 33, 603. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: in.: Ἤλ{ρ}ιςShangin1938,Solomonik1983; ΛΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ lapis ; fin.: [. . κα]ὶ̣ ἡSolomonik1983; [- - -]η (не исключает [γλυκυτάτ]η)Shangin1938
2: [- - - λίθ]ος ?Latyshev1899,IOSPE; [- - - Ἀλκί]ν̣οοςShangin1938; [καὶ ὁ υἱός ʼΑλκί]ν̣οοςSolomonik1983; [καὶ ὁ υἱός μου - - -] scripsi
3: in.: [vac. c.3] scripsi; om.Solomonik1983; [- c. 9 -]Shangin1938 ; fin.: ἔτη κ’. Αὐ[ρηλία]IOSPE,Shangin1938; Αὐ̣[ρήλιος ?]Solomonik1983
4: [Εὐθ](angle)υ(angle)δίκη Σα[τύρου ?]Shangin1938; [- - -] ἠδίκησα[ν]Solomonik1983; [- - -ηδίκη Σαυ̣[μάκου ?] (Mihailov)

Translation

- - - (son of) Dionysios, having lived - - - years [and] my spouse Mata, having lived - - - years and [my son] - - - having lived 20 years - - -

 

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