III 234. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Malaka, late IV - early III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 88.5, W. 37.5, Th. 17.0.

Additional description

Pedimental stele (damaged). Upper part is preserved, broken into two pieces. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, fortification walls, Tower XVII ("Zeno's Tower"), masonry. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1961, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (НА НЗХТ, д. 30). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 46/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. Three-line inscription cut following ruled lines and traced in red paint. 

Lettering

Epsilon with a short middle bar, pi with is short right vertical, large omega, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.1

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - early III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1969, 67, № 24; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 158 (= Bull.ép., 1974, 380); Perlman 2011, 437, № 38. 

Edition

Μαλάκα
Ἀρτεμιδώρου
γυνά.

Diplomatic

ΜΑΛΑΚΑ
ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Μαλάκα
      	<lb n="2"/>Ἀρτεμιδώρου
      	<lb n="3"/>γυνά.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Posamentir 2006, 39-40; Posamentir 2011, 47, № 38. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Μαλακά Solomonik, Perlman

Translation

Malaka, wife of Artemidoros.

 

Images

 

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