III 313. Chersonesos. Epitaph of a woman, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 14.0, W. 8.0, Th. 3.0.

Additional description

Left side with remains of four lines of text. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, to the north of the "Repository of Antiquities." 

Find circumstances

Found in 1896, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 5, л. 2, № 125; д. 25, л. 2, № 125) 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34849. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with even verticals, sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1899, 22, № 31; IOSPE IV 156; IOSPE I2 522. 

Edition

Χ̣ρή[--- Διο-]
νυσί[ου θυγάτηρ],
Ὁδοι[τέλεος γυ-]
νά, χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

.ΡΗ[---...-]
ΝΥΣΙ[.........]
ΟΔΟΙ[........-]
ΝΑΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
     <lb n="1"/><seg part="I"><unclear>Χ</unclear>ρή<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/></seg> 
            <supplied reason="lost">Διο</supplied> 
		<lb n="2" break="no"/>νυσί<supplied reason="lost">ου</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">θυγάτηρ</supplied>,
		<lb n="3"/>Ὁδοι<supplied reason="lost">τέλεος</supplied> 
         <supplied reason="lost">γυ</supplied>
	 	<lb n="4" break="no"/>νά, χαῖρε.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: [Χ]ρή[στη] Latyshev, IOSPE

Translation

Chre[---], [daughter of...], wife of Odoi[---]

 

Images

 

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