III 212. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Euboulos, ca. mid-IV century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.176.0, W.39.0, Th.16.0.
Additional description
Stele adorned with anthemium. Split into five pieces. Somewhat damaged on the right. The dowel on the bottom is broken off. Traces of red paint preserved.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southeast sector of Chersonesos, fortification walls, Tower XVII ("Zeno's Tower"), masonry.
Find circumstances
Found in 1961, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (НА НЗХТ, д. 30).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 78/36847 + 162/36847.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Nu with short right vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars; absence of flaring on the ends of hastae.
Letterheights (cm)
3.5
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
Ca. mid-IV century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik 1969, 59, № 3; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 137 (= Bull.ép.1974,380); Perlman 2011, 446, № 62.
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<lb n="1"/>Εὔβολ<unclear>ος</unclear>
<lb n="2"/>Ξένωνος.
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Commentaries
Vinogradov 1975, 174; Zubar 2005, 459 сл; Buyskikh 2008 386 сл., рис. 101.3; Posamentir 2011, 70, № 62+62a.
Translation
Euboulos, (son of) Xenon.
© 2017 Igor
Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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