III 339. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Eros, I century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 20.0, W. 13.0, Th. 12.0.

Additional description

Recut from an architectural detail (probably, an architrave). In the upper part, in an inset area - relief of a male figure (feet). Below the relief, a three-line inscription is cut without ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the southern fortification wall (between the monastery gates and Tomb 1009, soil deposit. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1904, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 33, л. 2, № 250; д. 13, № 250). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35044. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, large oval omicron, rho with small loop, sigma with splayed bars; absence of decorative elements at the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

I century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1905, 107, № 16; IOSPE I2 472. 

Edition

Ἔρως
Ἔρωτος,
χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

ΕΡΩΣ
ΕΡΩΤΟΣ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Ἔρως
      		<lb n="2"/>Ἔρωτος,
      		<lb n="3"/>χαῖρε.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Eros, (son of) Eros, greeting.

 

Images

 

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