III 358. Chersonesos. Epitaph of a Aristo[---], II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 20.0, W. 14.0, Th. 6.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides except the left. The front is treated summarily, dented. A false cornice is indicaed by two deep horizontal lines, which contine on the left side. Traces of a rosette on the same side. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Unknown. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, cursive sigma, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 47. 

Edition

Ἀριστο[---]
Ἡ[ρ]αί[ου ---]
γ[υνή ---]

Diplomatic

ΑΡΙΣΤΟ[---]
Η[.]ΑΙ[..---]
Γ[...---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

1: Ἀριστο[νίκη e.g.] Solomonik
2: supp. Solomonik

Translation

Aristo[---], wife of Heraios, [---].

 

Commentary

Of personal names in Ἡραι-, we know only of Ἡραῖος in Chersonesos (II centuryC.E., LGPN IV, s.v.).

 

Images

 

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