III 221. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Apollonios, 2nd half of IV century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.43.5, W.28.0, Th.13.5.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele. The cornice is broken off. On the front: an image of two rosettes and a sword-belt, hung on a nail. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chersonesos, area of ancient theatre of the III century B.C.E. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1903, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich ("Church with the reliquary", НА НЗХТ, д. 12, л. 21). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3654. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, above the two rosettes. 

Lettering

Omicron slightly smaller than other letters, pi with a short right vertical, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.7

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of IV century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1905, 106, № 14; IOSPE I2 467. 

Edition

Ἀ̣πολλώνιος
Π̣ολυάρχου.

Diplomatic

.ΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ
.ΟΛΥΑΡΧΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><unclear>Ἀ</unclear>πολλώνιος
      	<lb n="2"/><unclear>Π</unclear>ολυάρχου.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Latyshev1906, 56; Kieseritzky, Watzinger1909, № 46; Kolesnikova1961, 16; Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976, № 174; Buyskikh2008, 61; Posamentir2011, 119, № C47. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Apollonios, (son of) Polyarchos.

 

Images

 

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