III 242. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Dionysios, a doctor, late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 53.0, W. 46.7, Th. 20.0.
Additional description
Upper part of a stele with cornice. Below the cornice is a two-line inscription cut following ruled lines and traced in red paint. Below the inscription - an image (presently not visible with a naked eye) of surgical instruments, among which there are spatula, pincers, pliers.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southeast sector of Chersonesos, fortification walls, Curtain Wall 20, masonry.
Find circumstances
Found in 1969. Excavations of I.A. Antonova.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 24/36764.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front, below the cornice.
Lettering
Nu with short right vertical, omicron and omega smaller than the rest of the letters, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
2.7
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
Late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik, Antonova 1974a , 100; Hillert 1985 , 417 (= 36, 696); Samama 2003, 200, № 102; Perlman 2011 , 442, № 52.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Διονύσιος
<lb n="2"/>Πανταγνώτου
</ab>
</div> Commentaries
Posamentir 2011, 60, № 52+52a.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Dionysios, (son of) Pantagnotos.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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