III 566. Chersonesos ?. Incertum, III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Cornice 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 6.0, W. 20.0, Th. 10.0.

Place of Origin

Chersonesos ?. 

Find place

Unknown. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Acquired by the local branch of the Odessa Society for History and Antiquities in 1877 or 1878, was kept in the museum of St. Vladimir monastery. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3345. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, diamond omicron, rectangular sigma, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.6

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Yurgevich 1879a, 314, № 3; IOSPE I 231 (= IOSPE I2 640). 

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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