III 284. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Soteris, late IV - early III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 118.5, W. 38.0, Th. 17.0.

Additional description

Upper part of pedimental stele, split into two pieces. Five-line inscription is cut below the cornice and traced in black paint. 

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, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (НА НЗХТ, д. 30). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 33/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice. 

Lettering

Theta and omicron slightly smaller than other letters, mu with slanting outer hastae, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, large, slightly elongated omega. Slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. In lines 4-5, letters are larger and more deeply cut, following ruled lines. 

Letterheights (cm)

2. 2 (стк. 1-3); 2.7 (стк. 4-5).

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - early III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1969, 68, № 28; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 162; Perlman 2011, 437, № 39. 

Edition

Σωτηρὶς
Ἀ<λ>κίμου
γυνά,
Ἱέρωνος
5θυγάτηρ

2: orig. ΑΚΙΜΟΥ

Diplomatic

ΣΩΤΗΡΙΣ
ΑΚΙΜΟΥ
ΓΥΝΑ
ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ
5ΘΥΓΑΤΗΡ

2: orig. ΑΚΙΜΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="1"/>Σωτηρὶς
      		<lb n="2"/>Ἀ<supplied reason="omitted">λ</supplied>κίμου
      		<lb n="3"/>γυνά,
      	  <lb n="4"/>Ἱέρωνος
      		<lb n="5"/>θυγάτηρ
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Hillert 1990, 32; Posamentir 2011, 48, № 39. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: <λ>; Δ lapis

Translation

Soteris, wife of Alkimos, daughter of Hieron.

 

Images

 

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