III 569. Chersonesos.Incertum, not before late III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.33.0, W.19.5, Th.15.0.

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos, not far from the baptistery of Uvarov Basilica (Shangin 1938, 81: "area of the common baptistery"). Reused as a treshold of a Bysantine house. 

Find circumstances

According to M.A. Shangin, the panel was found by R.Ch. Loeper in 1914. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35065. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Narrow letters of varying height; cursive epsilon, mu, sigma; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

Not before late III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1918, 16, № 7 (фото и чтение стк. 4-5); Shangin1938, 81, № 11 (= Bull.ép. 1939, 244); Sidorenko1987, 138; Khrapunov2010. 

Edition

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[---]ΜΑ̣ΚΑΘΑΚΑΙΕΜ.
[---]Ν. 6.ΟΙΣΗΛΙΟΝΑ
[---]. 5.Ε̣ΣΠΛΟΥΝΙ̣Σ̣
5[---]. 5.ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΝΟ..
[---]ΝΚΑΙΧΕΡΣΟΝΙ
[---]ΣΤΑΛΑΙΚΑΙΘΕ
[---]. 4.[---]
[---].Α̣..[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

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[---]···[---]
[---]Μ.ΚΑΘΑΚΑΙΕΜ·
[---]Ν······ΟΙΣΗΛΙΟΝΑ
[---]·····.ΣΠΛΟΥΝ..
5[---]·····ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΝΟ··
[---]ΝΚΑΙΧΕΡΣΟΝΙ
[---]ΣΤΑΛΑΙΚΑΙΘΕ
[---]····[---]
[---]·.··[---]
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EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Vinogradov2010, 89; Khrapunov2004, 540; Sorochan2005, 617. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: [- - -] καθ᾽ ἃ καὶ ἐ[...]Shangin; [...]μ - καθὰ (sic) καὶ ἐμ/ [- - -]Khrapunov2004
5: Καισάρον (= Καισάρων) οἷς; Καῖσαρ Ὁνόρ[ιος?]Latyshev
3-7: in.: [- - -] ἄνω τόποις οἷς ἥλιον ἀ/[νατέλλοντα .......]ν ἔσπλουν πρ/[ὸς ....... Αὐτοκράτωρ] Καῖσαρ Ὁνόρι[ος / - - -]Ν καὶ Χερσόνη/[σος - - -]Shangin; [- - -]... ἄ]νω̣ τόποις οἷς ἥλιον ἀ/[- - -]...ΑΘΝ[- - -]Ν ἔσπλουν πρ/[ὸς? - - -]... Α̣ὐτ̣[οκράτωρ] Καῖσαρ Ὁνόρε/[ος καὶ Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀρκάδιος (vel Θεοδόσιος)] ...Ν καὶ Χερσόνι (vel Χερσονί/ται vel Χερσονι/τῶν) - (sic)Khrapunov2004
6: καὶ Χερσόνη[σος?]Latyshev; [- - -]Ν καὶ Χερσόνη[σον]Sidorenko
7-8: [- - - ἐν] στάλαι καὶ θέ/[μεν - - -]; [- - - ὡς] πάλαι καὶ Θε/[οδόσιος - - -]Shangin; [- - - ὡς] πάλαι καὶ Θε/[οδόσιος - - -]Sidorenko; [- - - ὡς] πάλαι καὶ ΘΕ/[- - -]...[- - -]Khrapunov2004
9: [- - -]...ΑΝΩ...[- - -]Khrapunov2004

Translation

Not attempted.

 

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