III 201. Chersonesos.Metrical epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.26.0, W.17.0, Th.7.5.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides. The front is well worked, the back is treated summarily. On the front: twelve-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

 

Find circumstances

Found in.... 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 30/37193. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Deeply cut letters, some slightly lean to the right, alpha and delta with projecting right diagonal 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Metrical epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Makarov2009 113 (= SEG 59, 815; Bull.ép. 2010, 463). 

Edition

vac.
[ - - - - - - - - - - ? ἔκρυψ]ε̣ χ̣θὼν μὲν ΡΑ[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - σῶ]μ̣'̣ ὑποδεξαμέν̣[α - - - - - - - - - - ]

[ - - - - - - - - - - ψυχὰ] πταμένα ποτ’ Ὄλυμ̣[πον]
[ - - - - - - - - - - μ]ε<λ>ισταγέος vac.

5
[ - - - - - - - - - - Ἀίδας?] ε̣ὐνὰς ἐπόρεξε ταν̣[ύσας ---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ο]ἴμου vac. 4 litt. . ἐπουρα̣ν[ίων ---]

[ - - - - - - - - - - ] ὑπὸ δαίμονος ἁρπ̣[α - - - - - - - - - - ]
[ - - - - - - - - - - θεᾷ π]ε̣ίθεθ’ ὑποχθονίᾳ vac.

[ - - - - - - - - - - ]ΛΛΟΣ ἔφυ ΚΑΚΟ[.]Η[---]
10[ - - - - - - - - - - ]Σ φωτὸς ΙΔΜ̣[---]

[ - - - - - - - - - - Ἄιδο]ς ἀστεμφέο[ς ---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - π]ά̣γχυ ποιή̣[σας? ---]

vac.

4: orig. .ΕΔΙΣΤΑΓΕΟΣ

Diplomatic

      
[ - - - - - - - - - - ?.....]..ΘΩΝΜΕΝΡΑ[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ..]..ΥΠΟΔΕΞΑΜΕ.[. - - - - - - - - - - ]

[ - - - - - - - - - - ....]ΠΤΑΜΕΝΑΠΟΤΟΛΥ.[...]
[ - - - - - - - - - - .]ΕΔΙΣΤΑΓΕΟΣ      

5
[ - - - - - - - - - - .....].ΥΝΑΣΕΠΟΡΕΞΕΤΑ.[....---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - .]ΙΜΟΥ        ΕΠΟΥΡ.Ν[...---]

[ - - - - - - - - - - ]ΥΠΟΔΑΙΜΟΝΟΣΑΡ.[. - - - - - - - - - - ]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ....].ΙΘΕΘΥΠΟΧΘΟΝΙΑ      

[ - - - - - - - - - - ]ΛΛΟΣΕΦΥΚΑΚΟ[·]Η[---]
10[ - - - - - - - - - - ]ΣΦΩΤΟΣΙΔ.[---]

[ - - - - - - - - - - ....]ΣΑΣΤΕΜΦΕΟ[.---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - .].ΓΧΥΠΟΙ.[...---]

      

4: orig. .ΕΔΙΣΤΑΓΕΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="8"/><l met="pentameter"><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/> <supplied reason="lost">θεᾷ</supplied> 
         <supplied reason="lost">π</supplied><unclear>ε</unclear>ίθεθ’ 
         ὑποχθονίᾳ <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/></l></lg>
      <lb n="9"/><lg met="elegiac"><l met="hexameter"><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/><orig>ΛΛΟΣ</orig> ἔφυ 
         ΚΑΚΟ<gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>Η</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/></l>
      <lb n="10"/><l met="pentameter"><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/><orig>Σ</orig> φωτὸς 
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Edition in Verse

vac.

[ - - - - - - - - - - ? ἔκρυψ]ε̣ χ̣θὼν μὲν ΡΑ[---] |
   [ - - - - - - - - - - σῶ]μ̣'̣ ὑποδεξαμέν̣[α - - - - - - - - - - ]


[ - - - - - - - - - - ψυχὰ] πταμένα ποτ’ Ὄλυμ̣[πον] |
   [ - - - - - - - - - - μ]ε<λ>ισταγέος vac.

5

[ - - - - - - - - - - Ἀίδας?] ε̣ὐνὰς ἐπόρεξε ταν̣[ύσας ---] |
   [ - - - - - - - - - - ο]ἴμου vac. 4 litt. . ἐπουρα̣ν[ίων ---]


[ - - - - - - - - - - ] ὑπὸ δαίμονος ἁρπ̣[α - - - - - - - - - - ] |
   [ - - - - - - - - - - θεᾷ π]ε̣ίθεθ’ ὑποχθονίᾳ vac.


[ - - - - - - - - - - ]ΛΛΟΣ ἔφυ ΚΑΚΟ[.]Η[---] |
   (10) [ - - - - - - - - - - ]Σ φωτὸς ΙΔΜ̣[---]


[ - - - - - - - - - - Ἄιδο]ς ἀστεμφέο[ς ---] |
   [ - - - - - - - - - - π]ά̣γχυ ποιή̣[σας? ---]

vac.

4: orig. .ΕΔΙΣΤΑΓΕΟΣ

 
Apparatus criticus

В конце стк. 4 и 8 vacat обозначает, очевидно, окончание пентаметра. ; в конце строки видна нижняя часть вертикали и следы косой гасты (возможно, Ν, Κ, Μ, Λ).
3: в конце строки след от косой черты, вероятно, M.
3/4: e.g. [ἀθάνατος δ’ αἰεὶ ψυχὰ] πταμένα ποτ’ Ὄλυμ[πον | ναιετάει χώρου δῶμα μ]ε<λ>ισταγέος.
4: ΕΔΙΣΤΑΓΕΟΣ lapis.
7: в начале строки след неопределенной буквы (T ?); fin.:ἁρπ[ασθέντι] vel ἁρπ[ασθεῖσα]
9: в конце строки вероятна S.
10: e.g. φωτὸς ἴδμ[ονος εὐσεβίας] ; в конце строки, вероятно, M или A.
11: cf. GV 15124: ἀστημφὴς Ἀίδης.
12: от последней буквы сохранилась вертикальная гаста (H ?).

Translation

[- - -] earth [hid? - - -] received - - - Olym[pus? ---] Hades spreading his wide bed gave yet more - - - heavenly - - - snatched by the deity … obeyed the underground [goddess?] - - -

 

Commentary

II century C.E. (probably middle of II century).

 

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