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. 

Edition

Ἄ̣ντίπατρος
Τ̣ιμίωνος

Diplomatic

.ΝΤΙΠΑΤΡΟΣ
.ΙΜΙΩΝΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><unclear>Ἄ</unclear>ντίπατρος
      	<lb n="2"/><unclear>Τ</unclear>ιμίωνος
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Posamentir2006, 42 сл.; Posamentir2011, 85, № C3. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Antipatros, (son of) Timion.

 

Images

 

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