III 377. Chersonesos.Epitaph of [---]enion, 2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.23.0, W.14.0, Th.3.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. The back is planed. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, Roman "citadel" (removed for the "additional" monastery wall constructed ca. 1880 over the damaged sections of the ancient fortification wall). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4814. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. I was not able to find the stone in the repository of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, cursive epsilon, sigma, omega, oval omicron, pi with even verticals and extended horizontal; serifs, word divisions in the shape of triangles. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.2

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of II - 1st half of III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1908, 18, № 5; IOSPE I2 486. 

Edition

[---]ενίων Χα[---]
[ζῆσ]ας ἔτη .[---]
[---]κιανὸς Ἀλε[---]
[τῷ] συνγενῖ τὸν [τύμβον?]
5[ἀνέ]στησεν· χ[αίρετε]
παροδῖ[ται]

Diplomatic

[---]ΕΝΙΩΝ ΧΑ[---]
[...]ΑΣΕΤΗ·[---]
[---]ΚΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΛΕ[---]
[..]ΣΥΝΓΕΝΙΤΟΝ[......]
5[...]ΣΤΗΣΕΝΧ[......]
ΠΑΡΟΔΙ[...]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">κιανὸς</seg> 
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      	<lb n="5"/><supplied reason="lost">ἀνέ</supplied>στησεν· χ<supplied reason="lost">αίρετε</supplied>
      	<lb n="6"/>παροδῖ<supplied reason="lost">ται</supplied>
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   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: [Παρμ]ενίων Χα[ρίτωνος ?]IOSPE I2
2: после Η треугольник-разделитель.
3: [Μαρ]κιανὸς Ἀλε[ξάνδρου ?]IOSPE I2
4: συνγενῖ = συνγενεῖ [τύμβον] «dubitanter»IOSPE I2 не исключено [βωμόν], которое, впрочем, не характерно для надгробий Северного Причерноморья (cf. tamen № ipe542).
5-6: vel χ[αῖρε] | παροδῖ[τα]

Translation

[---]enion, (son of) Cha[---], having lived [---] years. [---]kianos, (son of) Ale[---], set up this grave monument for a relative. Greeting to you, passers by.

 

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