III 285. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Sotimos, late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 175.0, W. 38.5, Th. 17.5.

Additional description

Stele with cornice (partially lost). The back is treated summarily. Beloew the cornice is a two-line inscription cut following ruled lines and traced in red 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 1961, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (НА НЗХТ, д. 30). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 15/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice. 

Lettering

Theta and omicron slightly smaller than other letters, slight flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1969, 69, № 30; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 164; Perlman 2011, 443, № 54. 

Edition

Σώτιμος
Ἡροκᾶ.

Diplomatic

ΣΩΤΙΜΟΣ
ΗΡΟΚΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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

Posamentir 2011, 62 , № 54. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Sotimos, (son of) Herokas.

 

Images

  

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