III 238. Chersonesos. Epitaph of a couple (?), late IV - early III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Architrave (?) 

Material

Limestone. 

Additional description

Two fragments of an architrave(?), one of which is splint in two parts. Both fragments preserve the top with cornice painted in red. Below the cornice - two inscriptions, partially preserved. Letters are traced in red paint. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 127/36847; 131/36847. 

Fragment 1

Dimensions (cm)

H. 20.5, W. 37.0, Th. 21.0.

Find place

 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, masonry of Tower XVI (Zeno's Tower), masonry. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1960. Excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (НА НЗХТ, д. 30). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Fragment 2

Dimensions (cm)

H. 24.0, W. 34.0, Th. 9.5.

Find place

Sevstopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, masonry of Tower XVI (Zeno's Tower), masonry. 

Find circumstances

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

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice. 

Lettering

Epsilon with a short middle bar, mu with slanting outer hastae, omicron and omega slightly smaller than other letters, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - early III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1969, 74, № 42; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973)176; Perlman 2011, 454, Arch. № 4a + 4b. 

Edition

1
[---]Δ̣αμ
[Ἡ]ρογε̣[ίτου]
2
Ματρώ
Μένω[νος], [---Δαμ]
[γ]υν[ά]

Diplomatic

1
[---].ΑΜ
[.]ΡΟΓ.[....]
2
ΜΑΤΡΩ
ΜΕΝΩ[...---...]
[.]ΥΝ[.]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <ab>	
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="I"><unclear>Δ</unclear>αμ</seg>
      <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Ἡ</supplied>ρογ<unclear>ε</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ίτου</supplied>
      </ab>
   </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Ματρώ
      <lb n="2"/>Μένω<supplied reason="lost">νος</supplied>, 
      <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="I"><supplied reason="lost">Δαμ</supplied></seg>
      <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">γ</supplied>υν<supplied reason="lost">ά</supplied>
      </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: Δαμ[οκλῆς] Solomonik; Δαμ[άτριος] Solomonik; Δαμ[οτέλης] Solomonik
2: [Ἡ]ρογ̣[είτου] Solomonik 1-3: Ματρὼ [θυγάτηρ] | Μένω[νος Δαμοκλέος (e.g.)] | [γ]υν[ά] Solomonik; Ματρω[---] | [---]μενω[---] | [γ]υν[ά] Perlman

Translation

1

Dam—, (son of) Herogeitos

2

Matro, (daughter of) Menon, wife of Dam—

 

Images

 

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