III 275. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Parthena, late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 50.0, W. 36.0, Th. 13.0.

Additional description

Upper part of pedimental stele with acroteria. Traces of two relief rosettes on the front. Three-line inscription above the rosettes. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, peribolos by Curtain Wall 19. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, л. 17, № 184; д. 29, л. 4, № 184) 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3641. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with a slightly raised right vertical, omicron slightly smaller than other letters, pi with a short right vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, flaring at the end of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

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

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE IV 137; IOSPE I2 520. 

Edition

Παρ[θ]ένα
Ἐπικράτεος
γυνά.

Diplomatic

ΠΑΡ[.]ΕΝΑ
ΕΠΙΚΡΑΤΕΟΣ
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Παρ<supplied reason="lost">θ</supplied>ένα
      	<lb n="2"/>Ἐπικράτεος
      	<lb n="3"/>γυνά.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 68; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 № 190; Perlman 2011, 128, № C56. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Parthena, wife of Epikrates.

 

Images

 

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