III 243. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Eirana, 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 6.2, W. 10.5, Th. 3.5.

Additional description

Almost fully preserved, with some damage to the right side. The front is polished, the back is treated summarily. The inscription is centered. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Unknown. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Came to the Kherson Regional Studies Museum from the collection of I.K. Suruchan, with a note "from Kerch." 

Modern location

Chersonesos. 

Institution and inventory

Kherson Regional Studies Museum, 2628. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Gamma with wide horizontal, wide nu with raised right vertical, large omicron, sigma with splayed bars, some curved hastae, significant flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1983, 76, № 8 (= SEG 33, 598 с ошибочным указанием места хранения). 

Edition

Εἰράνα
Ἡρονείκο[υ],
Διονυσίο[υ]
γυνά.

Diplomatic

ΕΙΡΑΝΑ
ΗΡΟΝΕΙΚΟ[.]
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟ[.]
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Εἰράνα
      	<lb n="2"/>Ἡρονείκο<supplied reason="lost">υ</supplied>, 
      	<lb n="3"/>Διονυσίο<supplied reason="lost">υ</supplied>
      	<lb n="4"/>γυνά.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

3: Διονυσίo[υ δὲ]

Translation

Eirana, (daughter of) Heroneikos, wife of Dionysios.

 

Images

 

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