III 286. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Telamon, 2nd half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 6.5, W. 13.0, Th. 3.5.

Additional description

Fully preserved, with two-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, excavation trench outside Curtain Wall 19 of fortification walls. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, № 200; д. 29, л.6, № 200). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3683. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Mu with slightly slanting outer hastae, nu with short right vertical, omicron slightly smaller than other letters, pi with rightward extended horizontal and short right vertical, top and bottom strokes of sigma are nearly horizontal; some letters have slightly curved strokes and noticeable flaring of the ends. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1902, 65, № 5; IOSPE I2 495. 

Edition

Τελαμών
Ἐπιφάνειος.

Diplomatic

ΤΕΛΑΜΩΝ
ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 15f. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Telamon, (son of) Epiphanes.

 

Images

 

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