III 121. Chersonesos.Statue dedication to Athena Soteira, late IV - early III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Base. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.30.0, W.81.0, Th.77.0.

Additional description

Nearly fully preserved, with some loss to the left front edge. Two depressions (the left is chipped) on the top surface for the feet of a statue. A rectangular hole on the front reflects secondary use of the base. On the right: three symbols resembing tamgas, of a later date. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Central part of the cidadel, square of St. Vladimir cathedral. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 8180. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with short right vertical, omicron small than other letters, sigma with slightly splayed bars; slightly curved hastae of some letters, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Dedicatory inscription. 

Date

Late IV - early III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1892, 24, № 6; IOSPE IV 82; IOSPE I2 406. 

Edition

[---]ω̣ν Ἡρώιδα ύπὲρ τᾶς γυναικὸς
[---]θ̣αρας θυγατ[ρο]̀ς Δαμοκλέος
Ἀ̣θαναῖ Σωτείραι.
vac.
[Π]ολυκράτης έπόησ[ε].

Diplomatic

[---].ΝΗΡΩΙΔΑΥΠΕΡΤΑΣΓΥΝΑΙΚΟΣ
[---].ΑΡΑΣΘΥΓΑΤ[..]ΣΔΑΜΟΚΛΕΟΣ
.ΘΑΝΑΙΣΩΤΕΙΡΑΙ
      
[.]ΟΛΥΚΡΑΤΗΣΕΠΟΗΣ[.]

EpiDoc (XML)

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         θυγατ<supplied reason="lost">ρο</supplied>̀ς Δαμοκλέος 
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Commentaries

Solomonik1959, 123, № 62; Bely, Solomonik1984, 8 (= Solomonik1988, 61); Solomonik1990, 51, № 40; Treister1999, 142, № 8 (29); Zubar2005, 388. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: [Δί]ων vel [Bί]ωνBely
2: [Κα]θάραςBely

Translation

[- - -]on, (son of) Heroidas, (dedicated) to Athena Soteira on behalf of his wife [Ka]thara, daughter of Damokles. vac. Polykrates made (it).

 

Commentary

On tamga-like symbols, see Solomonik 1959, 123ff.

The inscription was not included in the collection of sculptor's signatures (Löwy 1885; J.Marcadé, Recueil).

 

Images

 

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