III 272. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Matrodor[---], IV century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele (?) 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 53.5, W. 3.5, Th. 24.5.

Additional description

Block, probably cut from a stele. Below the top edge - remains of a barely visible two-line inscription, following ruled lines. 

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 1960 or 1961, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. Current whereabouts of the monument are unknown. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

IV century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1978, 68, № 3 (= 28, 635). 

Edition

Ματρόδ̣ω̣ρ̣[---]
Δ̣[αμα]τρίου

Diplomatic

ΜΑΤΡΟ...[---]
.[...]ΤΡΙΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><seg part="I">Ματρό<unclear>δωρ</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/><unclear>Δ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">αμα</supplied>τρίου
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: Ματροδώρ[α ---] vel Ματρόδωρ[ος] Solomonik

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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