III 302. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Damatria, 1st half of II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 6.5, W. 10.0, Th. 3.5.

Additional description

Fully preserved. Four-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay, inside Burial vault 2352. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907. excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3684. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, mu with vertical outer hastae, nu with short right vertical, wide gamma and tau, four-bar sigma with splayed bars; flaring and serifs at the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.8

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1st half of II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1908, 21, № 9; IOSPE I2 511. 

Edition

Δαματρία
Τίμωνος,
Ἀντιπάτρου
γυνά.

Diplomatic

ΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΑ
ΤΙΜΩΝΟΣ
ΑΝΤΙΠΑΤΡΟΥ
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Δαματρία 
      	<lb n="2"/>Τίμωνος, 
      	<lb n="3"/>Ἀντιπάτρου
      	<lb n="4"/>γυνά.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Damatria, (daughter of) Timon, wife of Antipatros.

 

Images

 

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