III 305. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Kleo, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 7.7, W. 10.0, Th. 1.8.

Additional description

Made from a piece of marble with a slightly convex front surface and a partly cut circumference on the back (louterion?). The left side and both upper corners are missing. Four-line inscription is cut without ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, harbour area (Enclosure 36 Г). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1970, excavations of V.N. Danilenko. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. Current whereabouts of the monument are unknown. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, wide gamma, mu with almost vertical outer hastae; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.4

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1978, 68, № 4 (= 28, 637). 

Edition

Κ̣λεώ
[Ν]ικαγόρα,
[Νι]κασιτίμου̣
γυνά

Diplomatic

.ΛΕΩ
[.]ΙΚΑΓΟΡΑ
[..]ΚΑΣΙΤΙΜΟ.
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/><unclear>Κ</unclear>λεώ 
      	 <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Ν</supplied>ικαγόρα,
      	 <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">Νι</supplied>κασιτίμο<unclear>υ</unclear>
      	<lb n="4"/>γυνά
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Kleo, (daughter of) Nikagoras, wife of Nikasitimos.

 

Images

 

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