Abstract
In 2021, a third limestone tombstone with an epitaph in the foundation of Tower 2 of the Late Citadel was discovered during excavation at the Trench III of Artesian settlement. It was found northeast of the second epitaph and is close to it in chronology and origin. They were moved from the necropolis immediately after the death of the Early Citadel during the Roman- Bosporan War of AD 44/45-49. The slab was broken off from the ends, was face down, strictly horizontally on another well-treated slab, but without an inscription and relief. In addition to the inscription, a relief with a scene of an armed horseman standing in front of a woman sitting in an armchair has also been preserved. Four lines of the epitaph text have been preserved on the front side. The epitaph adds new Greek and barbaric names to the list of military settlers of the early citadel.
Keywords
Bosporan kingdom, Artezian settlement, epitaph, relief showing rider and woman, first half of the 1st century AD.
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