III 236. Chersonesos.Epitaph, late IV - III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.14.0, W.11.0, Th.5.0.

Additional description

Left side with remains of two-line inscription is preserved. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, outside Curtain Walls 17 and 19 of the fortification walls. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, л. 17, № 187; д. 29, л. 5, № 187). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34876. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1978, 68, № 3 (= 28, 635). 

Edition

Ἀρ.[---]
Δα̣[---]

Diplomatic

ΑΡ·[---]
Δ.[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Ἀρ<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      	<lb n="2"/>Δ<unclear>α</unclear><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: в конце стк. ed. pr. читал τ̣ в настоящее время видна лишь верхняя горизонталь

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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