III 545. Chersonesos. Incertum, 2nd half of II - early III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Additional description

Two non-joining fragments of a panel. The front and back are polished. Three-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, a well in the square near the Eastern Basilica. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1976, excavations of M.I. Zolotarev. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Fragment 1

Dimensions (cm)

H. 4.0, W. 6.0, Th. 3.0.

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 143/36934. 

Fragment 2

Dimensions (cm)

H. 5.0, W. 5.0, Th. 3.0.

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 144/36934. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Cursive mu, omega; large oval omicron, rectangular sigma; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

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

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1983, 68, № 2. 

Edition

1
[---]
[---]Α̣Τ̣[---]
[---]ΑΥΤΟ.[---]
[---].ΑΣΜΙΩ̣[---]
[---]
2
[---]
[---].[---]
[---]Α̣ΤΟ̣[---]
[---]ΤΑΤ[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

1
[---]
[---]..[---]
[---]ΑΥΤΟ·[---]
[---]·ΑΣΜΙ.[---]
[---]
2
[---]
[---]·[---]
[---].Τ.[---]
[---]ΤΑΤ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="1">
      <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ΑΤ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΑΥΤΟ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ΑΣΜΙ<unclear>Ω</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      </ab>
   </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="2">
      <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><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>Α</unclear>Τ<unclear>Ο</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ΤΑΤ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

SEG 33, 595-596. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2-3: [- - -] Αὐτοκ̣[ράτορι Καίσαρι - - - / - - - σεβ]ασμίω[ι - - -] ed. pr.
3: om. ed. pr. 2-3: [τὸ δὲ ψάφισμ]α το̣[ῦτο ἀναγραφᾶμεν λευκολίθου στάλᾳ καὶ θέμεν / ἐν τῷ ἐπισαμο]τάτ[ῳ τᾶς πόλιος τόπῳ - - -] ed. pr.

Translation

 

Images

 

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