III 402. Chersonesos. Epitaph (?), 2nd half of II - early III century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 10.0, W. 24.0, Th. 6.2.
Additional description
Broken off on all sides.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos (Block VII, square 11Б, plot 2).
Find circumstances
Found in 1986, excavations of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of USSR.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 2/37113.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
OMega in the shape of upside down mu, narrow epsilon and tau; serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
4.0
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
2nd half of II - early III century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Saprykin 1991, 192; SEG, 43 499.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ΑΕ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>Τ</unclear>ΟΤΕ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">ἐτ</supplied><unclear>ῶ</unclear>ν
<space extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <num value="50">ν</num> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
1:
[- - - ζήσα]σα ἔ[τη - - -] ed. pr.
2:
[ἀπὸ ?] τότε ed. pr.
3:
suppl. ed. pr.;
vac. om. ed. pr., corr.
Translation
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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