III 231. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Damatrios, late IV - early III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.57.0, W.38.0, Th.15.0.
Additional description
Stele with a cornice (broken off in secondary use). Upper part is preserved. Beolw the cornice: two-line inscription cut following ruled lines and traced in red paint.
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, 42/36847.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front, below the cornice.
Lettering
Mu with nearly vertical outer hastae, nu with a raised right vertical, round letters (theta and omicron) slightly smaller than other letters; slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
3.6
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
Late IV - early III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik1969, 66, № 21; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 155; Perlman2011, 435, № 35.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Δαμάτριος
<lb n="2"/>Εὐάνθεος
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Posamentir2006, 39; Posamentir2011, 44, № 35.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Damatrios, (son of) Euanthes.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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