III 299. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Bisthas, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 8.7, W. 12.5, Th. 3.5.

Additional description

Fully preserved. The top left corner is clipped. The front is planed, the back is treated summarily. Two-line inscription cut without ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, citadel, medieval building, wall masonry. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1969, excavations of V.V. Borisova. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Deeply cut, somewhat uneven letters. Dotted theta, nu with short right vertical, sigma with nearly horizontal top and bottom bars; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1983 75, № 7 (= SEG 33, 599). 

Edition

Βισθᾶς
Διονυσίου.

Diplomatic

ΒΙΣΘΑΣ
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

Translation

Bisthas, (son of) Dionysios.

 

Images

 

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