III 601. Neapolis Scythica. Epitaph (?), I-II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 39.0, W. 52.0, Th. 13.0.

Additional description

Bottom right corner is preserved. 

Place of Origin

Neapolis Scythica. 

Find place

Simferopol (Kermenchik/Neapolis Scythica?). 

Find context

In a silo pit No. 6, Trench Б, filled in III century C.E. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1945, excavations of P.N. Shultz. 

Modern location

Moscow, Russia. 

Institution and inventory

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. The monument could not be located. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Evenly cut letters follow rules lines. Cursive sigma and omega. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.0

Text

Category

Epitaph (?). 

Date

I-II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1958, 308, № 1; Zaitsev 2003, 52, № 20. 

Edition

[---]
[---]..
[---].ωτου
[---]

Diplomatic

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[---]··
[---]·ΩΤΟΥ
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EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

1: В конце стк. следы букв
2: В начале стк. скорее всего курсивная Σ ; [Χρυσ]ώτου exempli gratia с указанием на IOSPE II 402 Solomonik

Translation

 

Images

  

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