III 320. Chersonesos. Epitaph, II century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 6.0, W. 8.0, Th. 3.0.
Additional description
Top right corner of a small panel. Two-line insciption. The epigraphic field is outlined with relief border.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
North sector of Chersonesos, Block XVIII, layer of the Hellenistic period.
Find circumstances
Found in 1941, excavations of G.D. Belov, S.F. Strzheletsky, A.L. Jakobson (НА НЗХТ, д. 429, № 834).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 5/36504.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Nu with even verticals, omicron smaller than other letters, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
1.5
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
II century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 40.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">ος</seg>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">νου</seg>
</ab>
</div> Commentaries
Belov, Strzheletsky, et al. 1953, 162; Buyskikh 2008, 61.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Not attempted.
Commentary
The fragment was found in the area of an early necropolis on the North shore, however it cannot be chronologically related: that necropolis does not last beyond the third quarter of the IV century when it was absorbed by urban development (Buyskikh 2008, 50, 61).
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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