III 298. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Apollonios, 2nd half of II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 6.5, W. 14.5, Th. 3.0.

Additional description

Fully preserved, with two-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, nectopolis between the Quarantine Bay and "the military road to Sevastopol." Between Tombs 715 and 726. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1896б excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 5, № 132; д. 25, л. 4, № 132). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3681. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Narrow epsilon, kappa with short diagonals, nu with verticals of equal length, pi with rightward extended horizontal and short right vertical, omicron smaller than other letters, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, oval omega with horizontals raised above the writing line; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1899 12, № 8; IOSPE IV 101; IOSPE I2 466. 

Edition

Ἀπολλώνιος
Ἡρακλεοδώρου

Diplomatic

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ
ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΔΩΡΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/>Ἀπολλώνιος
      	<lb n="2"/>Ἡρακλεοδώρου
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Apollonios, (son of) Herakleodoros.

 

Images

 

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