III 484. Chersonesos. Incertum (metrical epitaph ?), II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 8.0, W. 10.0, Th. 1.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. The front is polished. Two-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1897, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 6, № 144; д. 26, л. 4, № 144). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34919. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Slightly elongated letters, alpha with straight crossbar, narrow gamma and epsilon, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.6

Text

Category

Unknown. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1899, 23, № 33; IOSPE IV 168 (= IOSPE I2 625). 

Edition

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[---]Ο̣ΙΟΓΕΝΕΣ[---]
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Diplomatic

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EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ε</unclear></orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>αλο</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ο</unclear>ιογενες</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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Apparatus criticus

1: в начале стк., перед Α и в конце стк. вертикальные гасты μ̣ε̣γ̣άλοι̣ vel μ̣ε̣γ̣άλοι̣[ο]
3: edd.: vocativum nominis Διογένης (Латышев 1899; IOSPE) vel διογενές (Латышев 1899), однако на камне ясно читается Ο: [- - -]ο̣ιο γενεσ[- - -] ?

Translation

 

Images

 

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