III 269. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Lagoios, 2nd half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 42.0, W. 23.0, Th. 15.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele topped by a cornice with antefixes (broken off). Part of the relief is preserved: handle of a sword, a sword-belt, and rosettes (two on the front and one each on the sides of the stele). Two-line inscription is cut and traced in dark red paint in the shallow rectangular inset field below the cornice. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Western sector of Chersonesos, area of necropolis, outside the western fortification wall. 

Find circumstances

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

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3642. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice, in a shallow inset rectangular niche. 

Lettering

Verticals of nu are of equal height, omicron is smaller than the rest of letters, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, some letter strokes are curved; letter strokes widen at the ends and terminate in serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1899, 14, № 12; IOSPE IV 109; IOSPE I2 481. 

Edition

Λαγοῖος
Παρμένοντος.

Diplomatic

ΛΑΓΟΙΟΣ
ΠΑΡΜΕΝΟΝΤΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Λαγοῖος
     <lb n="2"/>Παρμένοντος.
   </ab>
   </div> 
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 45; Kolesnikova 1961, 16; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 72, № 179; Posamentir 2011, 122, № C50. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Λαγοῖος - чтение Латышева в соответствии с камнем; Λάγορος - Wilhelm (apud IOSPE I2) по фотографии.

Translation

Lagoios, (son) of Parmenon.

 

Images

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to the EpiDoc schema.)