III 413. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a veteran's son, not before 138 C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.50.0, W.26.0, Th.16.5.

Additional description

Lower part of a panel. The epigraphic field is outlined with a shallow groove in the shape of tabula ansata. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Necropolis by the southern fortification wall. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1894, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 4, № 107; д. 23, № 107). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 118/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar; serifs and flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Not before 138 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, onomastics. 

Editions

IOSPE IV 118; IOSPE I2 484. 

Edition

[..]...[--- ζήσαντι]
[κ]αλῶς ἔτη ιθ´ Αὐρήλιος Δό[μν-]
ο̣ς οὐετρανὸς πατὴρ υἱῷ καὶ οἱ
[ἀ]δελφοὶ μνήμης χάριν

Diplomatic

[··]···[---.......]
[.]ΑΛΩΣΕΤΗΙΘΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣΔΟ[..-]
.ΣΟΥΕΤΡΑΝΟΣΠΑΤΗΡΥΙΩΚΑΙΟΙ
[.]ΔΕΛΦΟΙΜΝΗΜΗΣΧΑΡΙΝ

EpiDoc (XML)

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            Αὐρήλιος 
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Apparatus criticus

1: [Οὐ]αλερί[ῳ]IOSPE I2

Translation

[For - - -, who has li]ved well for 19 years, veteran Aurelius Domnus, father, for his son, and the brothers (set up the gravestone) for commemoration.

 

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