V 99. Cherson.Inscribed cornice.

Monument

Type

Cornice. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.3.8, W.4.5, Th.4.3.

Additional description

Unknown. 

Place of Origin

Cherson. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Between Quarantine Bay and the city wall. 

Find circumstances

1906, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary style; omega is in the shape of two semicircles; abbreviation sign. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.8.

Text

Category

Dedication (?). 

Date

Unknown. 

Dating criteria

Not applicable. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev1907, 38, № 20. 

Edition

[--- τ]ῷ θεῷ [---]

Diplomatic

[---.]ΩΘΕΩ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">τ</supplied>ῷ <roleName>θεῷ</roleName> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

... to God...

 

Commentary

The monument is supposed to be at the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos (Inv. no. 34905), but I could not locate it there. Information about its findspot is taken from the inventory log of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos (Archive of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos D. 35. № 284). An estampage was taken (№ 284, according to Latyshev 1907), but once again I was not able to find it.

Judging by the size, it is a cornice of a templon or of another votive object.

 

Images

 Drawing of face 1(from ??)

(cc)© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)