III 335. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Apollonidas, I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 77.0, W. 33.0, Th. 20.0.

Additional description

Nearly fully preserved. Cut from a statue base of the Hellenistic period; on the back, remains of an earlier inscription. The inscription is cut in the top right part of the stele. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, fortification walls, excavation trench on the outer side of Curtain Wall 19. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, л. 17, № 178; д. 29, л. 3, № 180). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3670. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Small even letters. Alpha with straight and broken crossbar, diagonals of alpha and delta intersect at the top, mu with slightly splayed bars, nu with even verticals, large omicron; ends of hastae are not enhanced. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

I century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE IV 100; IOSPE I2 464. 

Edition

Ἀπολλωνίδα
Μενάνδρου,
χαῖρε

Diplomatic

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΑ
ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Ἀπολλωνίδα
      		<lb n="2"/>Μενάνδρου, 
      		<lb n="3"/>χαῖρε
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 468; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 № 314. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Ἀπολλωνίδα[ς] не исключено. IOSPE

Translation

Apollonidas, (son of) Menandros, greeting.

 

Commentary

I century B.C.E. (probably 2nd half)

 

Images

  

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