III 234. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Malaka, late IV - early III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.88.5, W.37.5, Th.17.0.
Additional description
Pedimental stele (damaged). Upper part is preserved, broken into two pieces.
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, 46/36847.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front. Three-line inscription cut following ruled lines and traced in red paint.
Lettering
Epsilon with a short middle bar, pi with is short right vertical, large omega, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
3.1
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
Late IV - early III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik1969, 67, № 24; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 158 (= Bull.ép., 1974, 380); Perlman2011, 437, № 38.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Μαλάκα
<lb n="2"/>Ἀρτεμιδώρου
<lb n="3"/>γυνά.
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Posamentir2006, 39-40; Posamentir2011, 47, № 38.
Apparatus criticus
1: ΜαλακάSolomonik,Perlman
Translation
Malaka, wife of Artemidoros.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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