III 213. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Hiero, 2nd half of IV century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.40.0, W.41.0, Th.18.0.

Additional description

Pedimental stele with three acroteria (broken off). Upper part is preserved. Two-line inscription below the cornice is traced in red paint. Below the inscription, traces of paint suggest am image of ribbons. 

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, 141/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice. 

Lettering

Nu with short vertical, ypsilon with widely splayed diagonals; absence of decorative enhancement at the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of IV century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1969, 61, № 6; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 140 (= Bull.ép.1974, 380); Perlman2011, 438, № 40. 

Edition

Ἱ̣ε̣ρώ γυνὰ
Ἀθαναίου

Diplomatic

..ΡΩΓΥΝΑ
ΑΘΑΝΑΙΟΥ

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Commentaries

Vinogradov1975, 174; Tokhtasyev1997a, 394; Posamentir2011, 49, № 40. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: [Ἱ]ερώ; ἹερώPerlman; ἘρώSolomonik
2: [Δι]αθαναίουVinogradov; [Φιλ]αθαναίου (cf. Kats 1994, № 46),Tokhtasyev

Translation

Hiero, wife of Athanaios.

 

Images

 

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