III 599. Neapolis Scythica. Dedication, 2nd half - end of II century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 16.5, W. 17.0, Th. 9.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides except bottom. 

Place of Origin

Neapolis Scythica. 

Find place

Simferopol (Kermenchik/Neapolis Scythica?). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1853, excavations of A.S. Uvarov. 

Modern location

Moscow, Russia. 

Institution and inventory

State Historical Museum, 50988. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, theta with crossbar; large serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Dedicatory inscription. 

Date

2nd half - end of II century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1895, 86, № 2441; IOSPE IV 192 (= IOSPE I2 673); Solomonik 1962, 40; Zaitsev 2003, 51, № 9. 

Edition

[---]
[---].Ι.
[---βα]σιλεια̣
[---]λ̣εῖ καὶ θεοῖς
[πᾶσ]ιν

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]·Ι·
[---..]ΣΙΛΕΙ.
[---].ΕΙΚΑΙΘΕΟΙΣ
[...]ΙΝ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	 <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>Ι<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
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Commentaries

Gushchina, Zhuravlev, et al. 2001, 231, № 2. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: В начале стк. следы наклонной гасты (Α или Λ), затем Ι, после которой след вертикальной гасты (возможны Ι, Γ, Τ, Π) [(?) Ἀθην]ᾶι Solomonik
2: [(?) Διὶ Βα]σιλεῖ, Ἁ[λίωι (?) ---] Solomonik; [--- βα]σιλεία[---] я не исключаю эпиклезу ж.р. [--- Βα]σιλείᾳ̣[---] Zaitsev
3-4: [Ἀχιλ]λεῖ καὶ θεοῖς | [πᾶσι]ν Latyshev; [Ἀχιλ]λεῖ καὶ θεοῖς | [πᾶσ]ι̣ν в начале стк. не исключена эпиклеза м.р. [Βασι]λεῖ Solomonik

Translation

- - - to [- - -]leus and to the gods - - -

 

Images

 

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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