III 598. Neapolis Scythica. Dedication to Demeter, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Small altar. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 5.0, W. 9.0, Th. 8.5.

Additional description

Top, bottom and two of four sides are preserved. 

Place of Origin

Neapolis Scythica. 

Find place

Simferopol (Kermenchik/Neapolis Scythica?). 

Find context

South sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, area of the southern fortification wall, north of the wall, near a public building of the Hellenistic period. 

Find circumstances

Found in the excavations of 1949. 

Modern location

Moscow, Russia. 

Institution and inventory

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 724. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Cut following ruled lines. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Dedicatory inscription. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1958, 310, № 2; Zaitsev 2003 , 52, № 19. 

Edition

[Δ]ή̣μητρι Εὐμέν̣[ης]

Diplomatic

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EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Vinogradov 1989, 246, approx. 74. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Legit Соломоник 1958, которая не исключает, что надпись располагалась на всех четырех гранях памятника. В этом случае, по мнению ed. pr., возможны более полные варианты дополнения: [Δή]μητρι Εὐμέ[νης τοῦ δ. ἀνέθηκεν] или Εὐμέ[νης τοῦ δ. Ὀλβιοπολίτης (?) [Δή]μητρι.

Translation

Eumenes (dedicated) to Demeter.

 

Images

    

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