III 280. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Apollonios, 1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 173.5, W. 38.0, Th. 17.0.
Additional description
Stele adorned with cornice and antefixes. Broken in two pieces. Nearly fully preserved (slight damage to the moulding profile on the left and to the dowel). The front and sides are decorated with relief rosettes. Between the cornice and rosettes is a two-line inscription in black paint, without ruled lines. Below the inscription - relief of a sheathed sword and sword belt (cut off in the lower part), hung on a nail (broken off).
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 §961, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (НА НЗХТ, д. 30).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 66/36847 + 54/36847.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front, between the cornice and rosettes.
Lettering
Nu with short right vertical, slightly curved letterstrokes of alpha, lambda, sigma; flaring of the ends of hastae.
Letterheights (cm)
2.7
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik 1969, 64, № 15; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 149 (, 380); Perlman 2011, 431, № 4.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἀπολλώνιος
<lb n="2"/>Σαννίωνος
</ab>
</div> Commentaries
Kolesnikova 1969, 49; Posamentir 2011, 17, № 4.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Apollonios, (son of) Sannion.
Commentary
The name Ἀπολλώνιος is one of the most common in Chersonesos (see LGPN IV). On Sannion and his family, see commentary to № neph146.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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