III 493. Chersonesos.Incertum, II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Cornice.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.32.0, W.38.0, Th.24.0.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
South sector of Chersonesos ("on the acropolis"), the area of the third-century B.C. theatre (northteast of the last "Cruciform Church with Reliquary," possibly on the site of the current Antiquities section of the Museum.
Find circumstances
Found in 1903, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 12, л. 21, № 227; д. 32, № 227).
Modern location
Sevastopol,Crimea.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3613.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Monumental script of the Roman period, large deeply cut letters; serifs, word divisions.
Letterheights (cm)
8.0
Text
Category
Incertum.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev1905, 56, № IA,1 (= IOSPE I2 595) (без чтения).
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Commentaries
НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) II 102, прим. 31 (археологический контекст); Pichikyan1976, 252 (тип памятника)..
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Not attempted.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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