III 555. Chersonesos.Incertum, 2nd half of II - III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.7.0, W.6.5, Th.2.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. One-line inscription cut following ruled lines. The front and back are polished. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, "in a cistern with potshards and coins of the Late Roman and Byzantine periods." 

Find circumstances

Found in 1908, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper. 

Modern location

Unknown. Formerly in Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34915. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Tall narrow letters, alpha with projecting top, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.7

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

2nd half of II - III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Loeper1912, 69, № 19; IOSPE I2 650. 

Edition

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Diplomatic

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EpiDoc (XML)

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   <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>αν</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="1a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

В начале стк. вертикаль от Ι или T.

Translation

 

Images

 

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