III 274. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Xenokles, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 41.0, W. 30.0, Th. 12.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele topped by a cornice with antefixes. On the front: relief rosettes and a sword-belt. Between the cornic and rosettes is a two-line insription cut in thin strokes, following ruled lines. The back is well worked, adorned with relief rosettes. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos (ceramic workshops on the site of the ancient necropolis by the Quarantine Bay), southeast of Tower XVII (Zeno's Tower). 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1964.  

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 27/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

The crossbar of alpha is slightly curved, theta and omicron smaller than other letters, verticals of nu are of equal height, ksi with a vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, some letter strokes are curved, letter strokes flare at the ends and terminate in serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 178. 

Edition

Ξενοκλῆς
Θεοχά[ρ] ε̣ι̣ο̣ς̣.

Diplomatic

ΞΕΝΟΚΛΗΣ
ΘΕΟΧΑ[.] ....

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Ξενοκλῆς
      	<lb n="2"/>Θεοχά<supplied reason="lost">ρ</supplied>
      	   <unclear>ειος</unclear>.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 71, № 176; Perlman 2011, 88, № C7+7a. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Xenokles, (son of) Theochares.

 

Images

 

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