III 276. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Parmis, 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 40.0, W. 30.0, Th. 15.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele adorned with cornice and antefixes (partly clipped). Traces of polychrome painted decoration. Relief rosettes on the front and sides. Image of a walking stick between the rosettes on the front. Two-line inscription below the cornice. 

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 1910, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3659. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice. 

Lettering

Epsilon with a short middle bar, nu with short right vertical, slightly curved letterstrokes, slight flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 711; Perlman 2011, 450, № C49. 

Edition

Πάρμις
Παρμένοντος.

Diplomatic

ΠΑΡΜΙΣ
ΠΑΡΜΕΝΟΝΤΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="2"/>Παρμένοντος.
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Commentaries

Grinevich 1927, 54; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 № 164; Posamentir 2011, 121, № C49. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Parmis, (son of) Parmenon.

 

Images

 

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