III 304. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Herodotos, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 9.0, W. 11.0, Th. 4.0.

Additional description

Fully preserved except for the left side. Right bottom corner is chipped off. Three-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chersonesos, near the ancient thatre (outside the wall to the west of the theatre, in the area of the necropolis, explored in the excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich in 1902-1904; cf. ИАК 16, 1905, 113). 

Find circumstances

1991, random find. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 28/37217. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Epsilon with a short middle bar, omicron and omega smaller than other letters; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.8

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1996, 43, № 1 (= SEG 46, 934). 

Edition

Ἡρόδοτος
Σ̣ωπόλιος,
χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΣ
.ΩΠΟΛΙΟΣ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="1"/>Ἡρόδοτος
      		<lb n="2"/><unclear>Σ</unclear>ωπόλιος,
      		<lb n="3"/>χαῖρε.
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Apparatus criticus

Translation

Herodotos, (son of) Sopolis, greeting.

 

Images

 

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