III 331. Chersonesos. Epitaph of a woman, late II - early I century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

Th. 3.5, Diam. 10.0.

Additional description

Reused as a round lid for a vessel. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Bottom of the sea near the western shore of the Quarantine Bay. 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1959. Probably originates in the southeast area of the Chersonesian necropolis. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 36470. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, mu with slightly splayed outer hastae, nu with even verticals, omicron smaller than other letters; flaring and serifs at the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late II - early I century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 41. 

Edition

[---]..[---]
[Θ]εοφάνειο[ς]
[Ἀ]λκίμου
γυνά.

Diplomatic

[---]··[---]
[.]ΕΟΦΑΝΕΙΟ[.]
[.]ΛΚΙΜΟΥ
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Θ</supplied>εοφάνειο<supplied reason="lost">ς</supplied>
      <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">Ἀ</supplied>λκίμου
      <lb n="4"/>γυνά.
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   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

2-4: Solomonik

Translation

[---], (daughter of) Theophanes, wife of Alkimos.

 

Commentary

Line 1. Verticals from two letters are preserved.

 

Images

 

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