III 297. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Athanagoras, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 8.0, W. 11.0, Th. 4.0.

Additional description

Fully preserved. The front is chipped. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Northeast sector of Chersonesos (between the monastery garden and the battery of Canet), building XIV. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1911, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 104, л. 17, № 1561; д. 80, л. 12). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4780. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with curved crossbar, epsilon with short middle bar, dotted theta, nu with slightly shorter vertical, omicron smaller than other letters, four-bar sigma with widely splayed bars extending outside the line of writing; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.8

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 709. 

Edition

Ἀθαναγόρας
Καλλ[ι̣ά]δα
θρεπτός

Diplomatic

ΑΘΑΝΑΓΟΡΑΣ
ΚΑΛΛ[..]ΔΑ
ΘΡΕΠΤΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/>Ἀθαναγόρας
      	<lb n="2"/>Καλλ<supplied reason="lost"><unclear>ι</unclear>ά</supplied>δα
      	<lb n="3"/>θρεπτός
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Gaydukevich 1955, 81; Borisova 1962, 111. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Athanagoras, raised in the house of Kalliadas.

 

Images

 

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