III 338. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Doulion, I century B.C.E. - I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 63.0, W. 21.0, Th. 14.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele with cornice. Relief of vine-pruning knife. Above the relief, the name of the deceased is sloppily cut. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay, grave 39. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1911, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 76, л. 47, № 2851a). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4415. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Sloppily cut; cursive epsilon, omega, nu with even verticals, omicron smaller than other letters. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

I century B.C.E. - I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 46. 

Edition

Δουλ̣ίων
Δελφοῦ.

Diplomatic

ΔΟΥ.ΙΩΝ
ΔΕΛΦΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Δου<unclear>λ</unclear>ίων
      		<lb n="2"/>Δελφοῦ.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 № 215. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Δουλίων - вертикаль после Λ является скорее буквой Ι, чем случайной чертой (ср. LGPN IV); Δούλων (?) Solomonik

Translation

Doulion, (son of) Delphos.

 

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