III 492. Chersonesos.Incertum, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Cornice. 

Material

Marble. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the cidadel, square of St. Vladimir cathedral. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 2, л. 3, № 43; д. 20, л. 2, № 43). 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Fragment1

Dimensions (cm)

H.7.0, W.28.0, Th.4.0.

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34950. 

Fragment2

Dimensions (cm)

H.6.5, W.17.0, Th.4.0.

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34950. 

Fragment3

Dimensions (cm)

H.11.0, W.15.0, Th.4.0.

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34950. 

Fragment4

Dimensions (cm)

H.7.0, W.8.0, Th.4.0.

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35009. 

Fragment5

Dimensions (cm)

H.5.0, W.6.0, Th.4.0.

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35009. 

Fragment6

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35009. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. I could not loate the monument in the repository of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Monumental script of the Roman period, large deeply cut letters; serifs, word divisions. 

Letterheights (cm)

5

Text

Category

Unknown. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1892, 35, № 23; Latyshev1895, 78, ad № 23; IOSPE IV 150 (= IOSPE I2 594). 

Edition

1
[---]ΑΙΤΑΕΝ[---]
2
[---]ΤΩ.[---]
3
[---]ΩΑΝ.[---]
4
[---]Α.[---]
5
[---]..[---]

Diplomatic

1
[---]ΑΙΤΑΕΝ[---]
2
[---]ΤΩ·[---]
3
[---]ΩΑΝ·[---]
4
[---]Α·[---]
5
[---]··[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

[. . . κ]αὶ τὰ ἐν τῷ [. . . . .]ῳ ἀνέ[θηκ]α[ν]IOSPE

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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