III 245. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Euthena, late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Sandstone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 83.0, W. 29.0, Th. 15.0.

Additional description

Fragment of a stele with two-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

West sector of Chersonesos, necropolis, Tomb 579. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1895, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3645. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with short right vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1899, 16, № 18; IOSPE IV 99; IOSPE I2 512. 

Edition

Ε̣ὐ̣θήνα Θεοτέλειος,
Γόσωνος γυνά

Diplomatic

..ΘΗΝΑ ΘΕΟΤΕΛΕΙΟΣ
ΓΟΣΩΝΟΣΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/><unclear>Εὐ</unclear>θήνα 
      	     Θεοτέλειος, 
      	<lb n="2"/>Γόσωνος γυνά
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   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 4e. 

 
Apparatus criticus

3: [Εὐ]θήνα Latyshev

Translation

Euthena, (daughter of) Theoteles, wife of Goson.

 

Images

 

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