III 588. Chora of Chersonesos.Epitaph of Iamachos., II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.118, W.66, Th.22.

Additional description

Rectangular stele, tapering to the bottom, with a dowel for insertion into a base. Fully preserved. 

Place of Origin

Chora of Chersonesos. 

Find place

Djan-Baba (Northwest Crimea, Chernomorsky region, village of Maryino). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1938, in the plowing of a kurgan mound. 

Modern location

Simferopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

Central Museum of Tauris., КП-12698. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Lettering

Slightly leaning, uneven letters. 

Letterheights (cm)

3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Edition

a
Ἰάμαχος
Σωμά(i.e. χ)ο-
υ, χαῖρε
b
[---].Ν..[---]
c
ΝΑ̣ΜΑ.
Η.. ἐπόει

Diplomatic

a
ΙΑΜΑΧΟΣ
ΣΩΜΑ(i.e. Χ)Ο
ΥΧΑΙΡΕ
b
[---]·Ν··[---]
c
Ν.ΜΑ·
Η··ΕΠΟΕΙ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

b: ΟΝΛΙΧΟ - ed. pr.Solomonik1963а
c.1-2: in.: ΝΑΜΑΜ/Η... - ed. pr.

Translation

a. Iamachos, (son of) Samachos, greeting.

b. - - -

c. Made - - -

 

Images

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