I 49. Tyras.Incertum, II - III century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble, white with grayish tinge. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.8.5, W.9.8, Th.4.8-5.2.

Additional description

The front and back are polished, the other sides broken off. On the front - Greek inscription I 46. The back is reused for Latin inscription. In this secondary use, the marble panel served as panelling for a wall, to which it was attached with cement; its traces are clearly visible. 

Place of Origin

Tyras. 

Find place

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Find context

Grid square 216, east. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1947, excavations L.D. Dmitrov. 

Modern location

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. 

Institution and inventory

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Regional Studies Museum, А-5832 (1000). 

Autopsy

A.I. Ivantchik, August 2006. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. Broken off on all sides. H.7.0, W.9.4

Lettering

Deeply, evenly and neatly cut letters, adorned with serifs. R with unclosed loop; oval elongated O. Average distance between lines: 0,7cm. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.7

Text

Category

Incertum. 

Date

II - III century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

[---] . [---]
[---]. ROṂ[---]
[---] . [---]
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]·[---]
[---]·RO.[---]
[---]·[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> 
            <orig>RO<unclear>M</unclear></orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		<lb n="3a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

(cc)© 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)