III 287. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Timoxena, 2nd half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 69.0, W. 29.0, Th. 15.0.

Additional description

The greater part of the stele is preserved. Relief rosettes on the front and sides. Below the rosettes - remains of relief taenia tied in a knot, with hanging ends, and of an alabastron hung on a string. Above the rosettes is a cut four-line insription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Necropolis by the southern and southwestern segments of the fortification wall. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1894, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 4, № 102; д. 23, л. 2, № 102). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3652. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

The inscription is cut without much care, in small letters. Mu with slanting outer hastae, nu with verticals of nearly equal height, omicron slightly smaller than other letters, pi with rightward extended horizontal and short right vertical, slight flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE IV 138; IOSPE I2 521. 

Edition

Τιμ[ο]ξένα
Ἀπολλοφάνειος,
Ἀπολλω̣νίου
γυνά.

Diplomatic

ΤΙΜ[.]ΞΕΝΑ
ΑΠΟΛΛΟΦΑΝΕΙΟΣ
ΑΠΟΛΛ.ΝΙΟΥ
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Τιμ<supplied reason="lost">ο</supplied>ξένα
      		<lb n="2"/>Ἀπολλοφάνειος, 
      		<lb n="3"/>Ἀπολλ<unclear>ω</unclear>νίου
      		<lb n="4"/>γυνά.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 69; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 № 192; Posamentir 2011, 123, № C51. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Timoxena, (daughter of) Apollophanes, wife of Apollonios.

 

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.)