III 193. Chersonesos.Metrical epitaph of Aichmon, commander of bowmen, ca. 110 B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Additional description

Two joining fragment of a small panel, broken off on the bottom and chipped. The front is well worked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Fragment1

Dimensions (cm)

H.9.0, W.14.5, Th.5.0.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

On the border of south and southeast sectors of Chersonesos, in the peribole of Curtain Wall 16 (by wall A). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1899, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 8, № 161; д. 28, л. 2, № 161). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35091. 

Fragment2

Dimensions (cm)

H.11.5, W.19.0, Th.5.5.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos (area of so-called "military barracks" by the city gates). 

Find circumstances

According to V.I. Kadeyev (per litteras), a random find in 1970. Excavations of V.I. Kadeyev. 

Modern location

Not clear; presumably in Kharkiv. 

Institution and inventory

Not clear. Presumably the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Slobidska Ukraine, no inventory number. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, crossbar theta, nu with even verticals; light serifs and flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2

Text

Category

Metrical epitaph. 

Date

Ca. 110 B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, historical context. 

Editions

Fr.1. IOSPE IV 166 (= IOSPE I2 597); Solomonik1961а (= 44). Fr.1-2. Makarov2005a; Makarov2006a (= SEG 56, 880; cf. Bull.ép. 2007, 411 (Avram)). 

Edition

Ἀρμενί[ω]ν τοξοτῶν θυρε-
αφόρον ἁγεμονεῖα Αἴχμω-
να Ζα[..]ιου παῖδα κέκευθε
ταφή̣· [. c. 5.]ά̣ρδη̣ς̣ Μάει-
5[ο]ς̣ Α̣Π̣[. c. 6. κτ]ερέιξεν οὐ
νόσῳ φ[θίμεν]ο[ν . c. 6. τε-]
θναότα vac. Παλακικὸν .[. c. 4.]
[...]ΟΘ̣Ο[..]Λ̣Ε̣ΩΝΕ.[. c. 6.]
[---]

Diplomatic

ΑΡΜΕΝΙ[.]ΝΤΟΞΟΤΩΝΘΥΡΕ
ΑΦΟΡΟΝΑΓΕΜΟΝΕΙΑΑΙΧΜΩ
ΝΑΖΑ[··]ΙΟΥΠΑΙΔΑΚΕΚΕΥΘΕ
ΤΑΦ.[·····].ΡΔ.. ΜΑΕΙ
5[.]...[······..]ΕΡΕΙΞΕΝΟΥ
ΝΟΣΩΦ[.....]Ο[.······..-]
ΘΝΑΟΤΑ      ΠΑΛΑΚΙΚΟΝ·[····]
[···]Ο.Ο[··]..ΩΝΕ·[······]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Ἀρμενί<supplied reason="lost">ω</supplied>ν τοξοτῶν θυρε
      		<lb n="2" break="no"/>αφόρον ἁγεμονεῖα Αἴχμω
      		<lb n="3" break="no"/>να Ζα<gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/>ιου παῖδα κέκευθε
      		<lb n="4"/>ταφ<unclear>ή</unclear>· <gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character" precision="low"/><seg part="F"><unclear>ά</unclear>ρδ<unclear>ης</unclear></seg> 
      		       Μάει
      		<lb n="5" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ο</supplied><unclear>ς</unclear> 
            <orig><unclear>ΑΠ</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" quantity="6" unit="character" precision="low"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">κτ</supplied>ερέιξεν οὐ
      		<lb n="6"/>νόσῳ <supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">φ</supplied><supplied reason="lost">θίμεν</supplied><supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">ο</supplied><supplied reason="lost">ν</supplied> <gap reason="lost" quantity="6" unit="character" precision="low"/> 
            <supplied reason="lost">τε</supplied>
      		<lb n="7" break="no"/>θναότα <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/> Παλακικὸν
            <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character" precision="low"/>
      		<lb n="8"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/><orig>Ο<unclear>Θ</unclear>Ο</orig><gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ΛΕ</unclear>ΩΝΕ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="6" unit="character" precision="low"/>
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Commentaries

Vinogradov1979, 313, n. 128 (= Vinogradov 1997, 93, n.128; cf. Bull.ép. 1980, 339); Vinogradov, Kadeev1984, 12 (cf. Saprykin1997 1997, 268); Vinogradov1989, 254, прим. 113; McGing1986, 55; Vinogradov1987 (= Vinogradov 1997, 62); Saprykin1996, 138. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: ἁγεμονεῖα = ἁγεμονῆα; ἁγεμονείᾳ - Виноградов 1989.
3: Ζαρειου - Виноградов 1989.
4: ΑΡΔΗΣ; [ὃν Οὐ?]ά̣ρδη̣ς̣ Μάει|[ο]ς̣ ed. pr.
5: [κτ]ερέιξεν ed. pr.; ἠέρειξεν Виноградов (архив); Η̣ΕΡΕΙΞΕΝ
6: ΝΟΣΩΦ[. . . . .]Ο[- - -]IOSPE I2; φ[θίμεν]ο[ν] Виноградов (архив)
6-7: φ[θίμεν]ο[ν, ἕγχεσι τε]|θναότα Παλακικὸν π̣[έρι] ed.pr., e.g.; φ[θίμεν]ο[ν, ἄστυ δὲ τε]|θναότα Παλακικὸν π̣[έρι] Avram, e.g.
7: fin.: следы Π или Τ Παλακικὸν π[έρι] Соломоник; Παλακικὸν π[όλεμον?] Виноградов (архив)
8: τ̣όξοθ᾿, ὁμιλέων ἐτ[- - -] Виноградов (архив); [ὁπ]όθ᾿ Avram

Translation

This grave keeps concealed shield-bearing Aichmon, (son of) Za[---], commander of the Armenian bowmen. [---]ardes, (son of) Maeios, buried him, destroyed not by illness, but dead [---]...

 

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