III 233. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Artemidoros, late IV - early III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.169.5, W.42.5, Th.15.0.

Additional description

Stele with a cornice (partly missing), in three fragments. The bottom part is preserved. The top left corner is damaged. Below the cornice is a 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, 80/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice. 

Lettering

Omicron and omega slighly smaller than the rest of the letters; slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - early III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1969, 67, № 23; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 157; Perlman2011, 436, № 37. 

Edition

[Ἀρτε]μίδωρος
[Δα]ματρίου

Diplomatic

[....]ΜΙΔΩΡΟΣ
[..]ΜΑΤΡΙΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">Ἀρτε</supplied>μίδωρος
      	<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Δα</supplied>ματρίου
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Posamentir2006, 39; Posamentir2011, 46, № 37. 

Translation

Arte[midoros], (son of) Da[matrios].

 

Images

 

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