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. 

Edition

Εὔβολο̣ς̣
Ξένωνος.

Diplomatic

ΕΥΒΟΛ..
ΞΕΝΩΝΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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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.

 

Images

 

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