III 419. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Pontikos, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.35.0, W.28.0, Th.12.5.

Additional description

Broken off on the top and bottom. The front is well worked. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1897, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 6, л. 27, № 142; д. 26, л. 3, № 142). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3612. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Mu with slanting outer hastae, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, serifs and flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1899, 15, № 14; IOSPE IV 112; IOSPE I2 545. 

Edition

Ποντικὸς
Νεμερί-
ου Ἡρα-
κλεώτ-
5ης, ἐ
τῶν ξ̣´

Diplomatic

ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΣ
ΝΕΜΕΡΙ
ΟΥΗΡΑ
ΚΛΕΩΤ
5ΗΣΕ
ΤΩΝ.

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Ποντικὸς 
      	<lb n="2"/>Νεμερί 
      	<lb n="3" break="no"/>ου Ἡρα
      	<lb n="4" break="no"/>κλεώτ 
      	<lb n="5" break="no"/>ης, ἐ
      	<lb n="6"/>τῶν <num value="60"><unclear>ξ</unclear></num>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Pontikos, (son of) Nemerios, citizen of Herakleia, 60 years old.

 

Images

 

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