III 296. Chersonesos. Epitaph of a woman, III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 7.0, W. 7.5, Th. 2.5.
Additional description
Top upper corner is preserved. The epigraphic field is outlined by relief border.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
North sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, on the coast, between the momastery's cemetery and bathing area (Trench I).
Find circumstances
Found in 1889, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34967.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Deely and neatly cut letters, large elongated omega, flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
1.5
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 36.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>κώ</orig>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ς</unclear></orig>
<lb n="2a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
Translation
Not attempted.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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