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
.
<div type="textpart" subtype="column" n="a">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
Ἰάμαχος
<lb n="2"/>
Σωμά<supplied reason="explanation">χ</supplied>ο
<lb n="3" break="no"/>
υ, χαῖρε
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="column" n="b">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ν</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="column" n="c">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>
<orig>ν<unclear>α</unclear>μα</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/>
<orig>η</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/> ἐπόει
</ab>
</div>
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 - - -
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