III 327. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Theogenes, late II - first half of I century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 9.0, W. 11.5, Th. 1.5.

Additional description

Fully preserved except for the right edge. The left side is chipped. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chersonesos, area of necropolis outside the southern city wall, inside Grave 268. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1892, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 3, л. 12, № 78; д. 21, л. 4, № 78; ср. ОАК за 1892 г. 117, № 268). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34879. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar and open top; theta with crossbar, nu with even verticals and short diagonal, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, oval omega; flaring and serifs at the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late II - first half of I century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE 15, № 13 (= Latyshev 1895c, 519, № 10); IOSPE IV 104; IOSPE I2 478. 

Edition

Θεογένης
Ἀγάθωνος.

Diplomatic

ΘΕΟΓΕΝΗΣ
ΑΓΑΘΩΝΟΣ

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Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 15c; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) с. 198, approx. 167. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Theogenes, (son of) Agathon.

 

Images

 

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