III 351. Chersonesos. Epitaph, non before I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 42.0, W. 26.0, Th. 6.0.

Additional description

Rectangular panel with relief of a man. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos) (?). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Unknown. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. The monument is considered lost since its dispatch to Moscow in 1872. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, four-bar sigma with horizontal upper and lower bars. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Non before I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Type of gravestone, palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE 220 (= IOSPE I2 540). 

Edition

<γ>ερου ... <μ>νημη<ς>
Ἡρακλείδους

1: orig. ΕΡΟΥ; orig. ΝΗΜΗ

Diplomatic

ΕΡΟΥ ... ΝΗΜΗ
ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥΣ

1: orig. ΕΡΟΥ; orig. ΝΗΜΗ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><w part="M"><supplied reason="omitted">γ</supplied>ερου</w><gap reason="ellipsis"/><w part="M"><supplied reason="omitted">μ</supplied>νημη<supplied reason="omitted">ς</supplied></w>
      	<lb n="2"/>Ἡρακλείδους
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Mansvetov 1872, 51, № 14; Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909, № 478. 

 
Apparatus criticus

«Dubito, num recte haec sint excripta».

Translation

... grave... of Herakleides

 

Images

 

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