III 229. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Dalis, 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 135.0, W. 34.0, Th. 17.5.

Additional description

Stele with a cornice and antefixes, in three fragments. The bottom is missing. Below the cornice, a two-line inscription is cut and traced in red paint. Below the inscription and on side surfaces - relief rosettes. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, fortification walls, Tower XVII ("Zeno's Tower"), masonry. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1961, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (НА НЗХТ, д. 30). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 44/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice. 

Lettering

Epsilon with a short middle bar, slightly curved strokes, serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1969, 71, № 33; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 167; Perlman 2011, 434, № 28. 

Edition

Δᾶλις
Κλείτου

Diplomatic

ΔΑΛΙΣ
ΚΛΕΙΤΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Δᾶλις
      	<lb n="2"/>Κλείτου
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Posamentir 2011, 39, № 28. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Δᾶλις scripsi; Δαλις Solomonik; Δάλις

Translation

Dalis, (son of) Kleitos.

 

Images

 

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