III 291. Chersonesos. Epitaph of unknown, III century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 6.0, W. 6.5, Th. 2.5.
Additional description
Broken off on three sides. Used twice. On side (A), there are remains of two lines of text, on side (B), of four lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Circumstances of find are unknown, the first photo was taken in 1937.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35133.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Gamma with wide horizontal, omicron smaller than other letters, pi with short right vertical, flaring of the ends of hastae.
Letterheights (cm)
1.1–1.4.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
III century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 37.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ΙΑ</orig>
</ab>
</div><div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/><seg part="I"><unclear>Ἀ</unclear>πολλ</seg><supplied reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><seg part="I">Ἡρογ<unclear>ε</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="4"/>γυ<supplied reason="lost">νά</supplied>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
2:
ΛΙΑ в нач. стк. виден след наклонной
гасты. Solomonik
1:
Ἱ̣κ̣[άνα e.g.] Solomonik
2:
Ἀπολλ̣[ωνίου e.g.] Solomonik
3:
Ἡρογ[είτου] Solomonik
Translation
Not attempted.
2[---], (daughter of) Apoll[---], wife of Herog[---].
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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