III 218. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Androkles, 2nd half of IV - early III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Sandstone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 29.0, W. 23.0, Th. 27.0.

Additional description

Fragment of a funerary monument reused as a cornice. Two-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of Chersonesos, on the coast by the monastery {swimming area}; Trench III (near the subsequent Trench of 1931). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1891, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (ОАК за 1891, 6; НА НЗХТ, д. 2, л. 5 № 52; д. 3, л. 11; д. 20, л. 4, № 52). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 32/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with short right vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars; absence of flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of IV - early III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1892, 26, № 8; IOSPE IV 99; IOSPE I2 463. 

Edition

Ἀνδροκλῆς
Προμαθίωνος

Diplomatic

ΑΝΔΡΟΚΛΗΣ
ΠΡΟΜΑΘΙΩΝΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Latyshev 1892, 78, ad № 8; Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909, № 16h ; Buyskikh 2008, 61. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Androkles, (son of) Promathion.

 

Images

 

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