III 250. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Eutych[---], ca. III century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Additional description

The front and sides are decorated with rosettes. The inscription is painted in red. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

During the investigation of western fortification walls, soil deposit between walls. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1914 by R.Ch. Loeper. The only source of information on the monument is in the field notes of R.Ch. Loeper for 1914 (НА НЗХТ д.94, л.8; д.110, л.18, № 1028). 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. Current whereabouts of the monument are unknown. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Letterforms characteristic of the Hellenistic period. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Ca. III century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 179. 

Edition

Εὐτυ[---]

Diplomatic

ΕΥΤΥ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

Translation

Eutych[---]

 

Images

 

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