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. 

Fragment1

Dimensions (cm)

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

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 143/36934. 

Fragment2

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

Solomonik1983, 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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