III 279. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Mendiko, 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 160.0, W. 37.5, Th. 14.5.

Additional description

Stele with a cornice (and possibly, an attached pediment). Broken in three pieces. Almost fully preserved (a dowel on the bottom is partly clipped off). The front and sides bear relief rosettes. Between the cornice and rosettes is a two-line inscription painted in black paint following ruled lines. Below the rosettes: a painted image of ribbons and an alabastron hung on a string. 

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, 65/36847 + 59/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

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

Letterheights (cm)

2.4

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1969, 63, № 13; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 147 (= Bull.ép., 1974, 380); Perlman 2011, 429, № 2. 

Edition

Μενδικὼ . [---] .αίου
Σαννίωνος γυνά.

Diplomatic

ΜΕΝΔΙΚΩ · [---] ·ΑΙΟΥ
ΣΑΝΝΙΩΝΟΣΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Μενδικὼ 
      		   <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
      		   <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      		   <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>αίου
      		<lb n="2"/>Σαννίωνος γυνά.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Posamentir 2006, 33 f; Buyskikh 2008, 386, рис. 101.4; Posamentir 2011, 15, № 2. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: [Ἡρ]αίου Solomonik; Ν[ι]καίου; Ν[ι]καίου Perlman

Translation

Mendiko, (daughter of) [---], wife of Sannion.

 

Images

 

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