III 367. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Xanthos, late I - II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 21.5, W. 14.0, Th. 11.0.

Additional description

Bottom part of a stele. Relief of a standing male figure in an inset rectangle. One-line inscription is cut sloppily below the image, along the edge of the inset field. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

It was not possible to determine with certainty the time and place of find. Possibly comes from the excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 58, л. 4, № 2; л. 11, № 12). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4584. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with even verticals, cursive sigma; absence of serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late I - II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 48. 

Edition

Ξ̣άν[θ]ος

Diplomatic

.ΑΝ[.]ΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><unclear>Ξ</unclear>άν<supplied reason="lost">θ</supplied>ος
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Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976, № 320; Solomonik 1990, № 94. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Xanthos.

 

Commentary

The miniature size of the stele, as well as the absence of a patronymic, suggest that this is a child's funerary monument.

 

Images

 

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