III 587. Chora of Chersonesos. Epitaph of Parthenios, end of IV - 1st half of III century B.C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 92.0, W. 35.0, Th. 17.5.
Place of Origin
Chora of Chersonesos.
Find place
Kulchuk settlement.
Find context
Necropolis, backfill of a cenotaph under the barrow mound.
Find circumstances
Found in 1989, excavations of O.D. Dashevskaya.
Modern location
Yevpatoria.
Institution and inventory
Yevpatoria Regional Studies Museum, no inventory number.
Autopsy
Non vidi. I was not able to find the monument in the repository of Yevpatoria Regional Studies Museum.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Alpha with a straight crossbar, dotted theta, nu with a short right vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars.
Letterheights (cm)
2.0
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
End of IV - 1st half of III century B.C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Golentsov, Dashevskaya 1981, 109 (= SEG 31, 697).
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Παρθένιος
<lb n="2"/>Συρίσκ<supplied reason="lost">ο</supplied>υ
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
2: Συρίσκου ed. pr.
Translation
Parthenios, (son of) Syriskos.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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