III 214. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Myttina, 2nd half of IV century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.84.0, W.43.5, Th.19.0.
Additional description
Pedimental stele with three acroteria (cut off in secondary use). Upper part, in two fragments, is preserved. The inscription is traced in red paint. Traces of paint below the inscription suggest an 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, 47/36847.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front, below the cornice.
Lettering
Nu with short right vertical, large omicron, ypsilon with widely splayed diagonals; absence of flaring of the ends of hastae.
Letterheights (cm)
3.2
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
2nd half of IV century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik1969, 62, №8; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973), 142 (= Bull.ép.1974,380); Perlman2011, 438, № 41.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Μυττίνα
<lb n="2"/>Διονυσίου
<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">γ</supplied><unclear>υ</unclear>νά.
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Posamentir2011, 50, № 41.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Myttina, wife of Dionysios.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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