III 311. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Soteria, late III - 1st half of II century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 27.0, W. 41.5, Th. 16.8.
Additional description
Stele is broken off on the top and bottom. Four-line inscription cut following ruled lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southeast sector of Chersonesos, archaeological investigation of Curtain wall 19, rubble infill, level of the 3rd construction period.
Find circumstances
Found in 2008, excavations of V.G. Samoylenko.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 106/37545.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Verticals of nu in line are of even height, in line 4, the right vertical is slighly shortened; omicron and omega smaller than the rest of the letters, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
3.5-4.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
Late III - 1st half of II century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Makarov, Samoylenko 2013b 67, № 3.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Σωτηρί<unclear>α</unclear>,
<lb n="2"/>χαῖρε,
<lb n="3"/>Φορμίωνος
<lb n="4"/><supplied reason="lost">γ</supplied><unclear>υ</unclear>νά.
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
Translation
Soteria, wife of Phormion, greeting.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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