III 225. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Archeso, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 9.0, W. 10.0, Th. 4.5.

Additional description

Fully preserved, with four-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Border between the South and Southeast sectors of Chersonesos, in the peribolos by Curtain Wall 16 (between walls А and Б). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1899, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 8, л. 19, № 168; д. 28, л. 3, № 168). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34848. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with short right vertical, epsilon with nearly horizontal top and bottom bars; slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE IV 132; IOSPE I2 507. 

Edition

Ἀρχεσώ
Λυσάνδρου,
Ε̣ὐθύνου
γυνά.

Diplomatic

ΑΡΧΕΣΩ
ΛΥΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ
.ΥΘΥΝΟΥ
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Ἀρχεσώ 
      		<lb n="2"/>Λυσάνδρου, 
      		<lb n="3"/><unclear>Ε</unclear>ὐθύνου
      		<lb n="4"/>γυνά.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 15е. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Archeso, (daughter of) Lysandros, wife of Euthynos.

 

Images

 

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