III 219. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Antipatros, III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 42.5, W. 27.0, Th. 14.0.
Additional description
Upper part of a stele bearing a cornice with antefixes. On the front: two relief rosettes (the right is damaged), and an image of {посох} (the contour is carved, traces of red paint). The back is planed. In a rectangular shallow inset field - two-line carved inscription. The top left corner and the epigraphic field are cut by a deep fissure.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
In the area of the Extramural Church.
Find circumstances
Random find 1989.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 198/36579.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Mu with slanting outer hastae, nu with short right vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
2.0
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Ineditum.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><unclear>Ἄ</unclear>ντίπατρος
<lb n="2"/><unclear>Τ</unclear>ιμίωνος
</ab>
</div> Commentaries
Posamentir 2006, 42 сл.; Posamentir 2011, 85, № C3.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Antipatros, (son of) Timion.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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