III 315. Chersonesos. Epitaph, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 5.3, W. 7.5, Th. 4.0.

Additional description

Borken off on the right and left. Partly-preserved two-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Unknown. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35075. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Pi with very short right vertical, sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 39. 

Edition

[---]α̣ Σαιν̣[---]
[Ἀ]πολλο̣[---]

Diplomatic

[---].ΣΑΙ.[---]
[.]ΠΟΛΛ.[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><unclear>α</unclear></w>  
         <seg part="I">Σαι<unclear>ν</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> 
      	<lb n="2"/><seg part="I"><supplied reason="lost">Ἀ</supplied>πολλ<unclear>ο</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div> 
Commentaries

Solomonik 1983, 77, approx. 54. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

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