III 258. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Herotima, late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 55.0, W. 32.0, Th. 15.0.

Additional description

Stele with a cornice. On the upper half of the front - two-line insription is cut in thin strokes, following ruled lines. The surface is badly damaged. 

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, 26/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with short right vertical, omicron smaller than other letters; slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1969, 72, № 37; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 171; Perlman 2011, 445, № 58. 

Edition

Ἡροτίμα
Ἡρονίκου

Diplomatic

ΗΡΟΤΙΜΑ
ΗΡΟΝΙΚΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Ἡροτίμα
      	<lb n="2"/>Ἡρονίκου
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Vinogradov 1975, 175; Posamentir 2011, 66, № 58. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Ἡροτίμα[ς] ошибочно Solomonik; чтениеἩροτίμα предложено по фотографии (ср. LGPN IV; Perlman 2011). Осмотр камня показал, что ed.pr. приняла случайную черту за верхнюю гасту Σ. Vinogradov

Translation

Herotima, (daughter of) Heronikos.

 

Images

 

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