III 288. Chersonesos. Epitaph, 2nd half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 10.0, W. 10.0, Th. 3.0.

Additional description

Bottom left corner is preserved with remains of a two-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chersonesos, area of the ancient theatre of the III century C.E. 

Find circumstances

Random find in 2014. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, НВФ 1273/1. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, narrow epsilon; prominent flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

Τι[---]
Ἐπιφά[νειος]

Diplomatic

ΤΙ[---]
ΕΠΙΦΑ[.....]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><seg part="I">Τι</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/>Ἐπιφά<supplied reason="lost">νειος</supplied>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Ti[- - -] Epipha[- - -]

 

Images

 

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to the EpiDoc schema.)