III 228. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Boiskos, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 7.5, W. 9.0, Th. 4.5.

Additional description

Fully preserved. Upper part of the front is chipped. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chersonesos, necropolis "outside the south city wall," in a soil deposit. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 2, л. 15 и д. 2, № 64; д. 3, л. 12; д. 20, л. 6, № 64). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34871. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Mu with nearly vertical outer hastae, nu with short right vertical, omicron smaller than other letters; slight flaring at the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1892, 26, № 9; IOSPE IV 103; IOSPE I2 470. 

Edition

Βοίσκος
Νεομηνί-
ου

Diplomatic

ΒΟΙΣΚΟΣ
ΝΕΟΜΗΝΙ
ΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Buyskikh 2008, 61. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Boiskos, (son of) Neomenios.

 

Images

 

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