III 277. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Pelanos, late IV - early III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 42.5, W. 30.0, Th. 13.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele adorned with cornice and antefixes. Traces of polychrome painted decoration. Relief rosettes on the front. Two-line inscription is cut following ruled lines, above the rosettes. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeastern area of the necropolis by the Quarantine Bay, {в насыпи} of a grave. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1896, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich, (НА НЗХТ, д. 5, л. 16, № 133; д. 25, л. 4, № 133; ОАК за 1896 г., 193). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3644. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Right vertical of nu is shorter than the left, omicron smaller than the rest of letters, slight thickeninig of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - early III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1899, 14, № 13; IOSPE IV 111; IOSPE I2 488. 

Edition

Πέλανος
Ἡροφάνεος

Diplomatic

ΠΕΛΑΝΟΣ
ΗΡΟΦΑΝΕΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Πέλανος
      		<lb n="2"/>Ἡροφάνεος
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 43; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 № 163; Posamentir 2011, 124, № C52. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Pelanos, (son of) Herophanes.

 

Images

 

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