III 261. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Heroi, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 95.0, W. 30.0, Th. 16.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele with cornice. On the top - rectangular dowel hole for a crowning element. On the front and sides - - star-shaped rosettes. Below the rosettes - relief taenia and an alabastron hung on a cord. Below the cornice, the inscription is cut and traced in red paint. 

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, 8/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice. 

Lettering

The inscription is cut rather sloppily, without ruled lines. Mu with slanting outer hastae, omicron and omega smaller than other letters, slightly curved letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1969, 68, № 26; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973)160 (= Bull.ép., 1974, 380); SEG, 53, 767, № 5; Perlman 2011, 448, № 66. 

Edition

Ἡρὼι
Εὐμάρειος.

Diplomatic

ΗΡΩΙ
ΕΥΜΑΡΕΙΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/>Ἡρὼι 
      	<lb n="2"/>Εὐμάρειος.
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   </div>
Commentaries

Posamentir 2011, 74, № 66. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Heroi, (daughter of) Eumares.

 

Images

 

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