III 235. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Hadeia, late IV - early III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.33.0, W.37.5, Th.17.5.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele adorned with cornice and six antefixes. Relief rosettes on the front and sides. 

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 1910, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 103, л. 60, № 3751; д. 71, л. 83). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, above the rosettes. 

Lettering

Thinly carved letters: omicron and omega slightly smaller than the rest of the letters, epsilon with a short middle bar; slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - early III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 712; Perlman2011, 450, № C48. 

Edition

Ἁδεῖα Δαματρίου,
Ἀτώτα γυνά

Diplomatic

ΑΔΕΙΑ ΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΟΥ
ΑΤΩΤΑΓΥΝΑ

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Commentaries

Grinevich1927 1927, 55; Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 №189; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) с. 158, approx. 72; Posamentir2011 2011, 120, № C48. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Hadeia, (daughter of) Damatrios, wife of Atotas.

 

Images

 

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