III 411. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Geminios, 2nd half of I - early II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele with relief. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 40.0, W. 53.3, Th. 9.7.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele. The back is treated summarily. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, archaeological investigation of Curtain wall 19, level of the 4th construction period, foundation of a medieval wall, masonry. 

Find circumstances

Found in 2008. Excavations of V.G. Samoylenko. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 105/37545. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, epsilon with horizontals of equal length; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

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

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Makarov, Samoylenko 2013b, 70, № 5. 

Edition

Γεμίνιος Γεμινίου Οὐάλεντος
υἱός ἐτῶν γ̣´

Diplomatic

ΓΕΜΙΝΙΟΣΓΕΜΙΝΙΟΥΟΥΑΛΕΝΤΟΣ
ΥΙΟΣΕΤΩΝ.

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Apparatus criticus

Translation

Geminios, son of Geminios Valens, 3 years old.

 

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