III 246. Tauric Chersonesos.Epitaph of Euthynos, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.39.0, W.26.5, Th.13.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele with cornice (cut off) without antefixes. The back is planed. The front and sides are decorated with relief rosettes (damaged). On the front - traces of paint, possibly an image of a walking stick. The inscription is cut on the front, below the cornice, within a wide (5 x 18cm) inset rectangle. 

Place of Origin

Tauric Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chersonesos, the area of the ancient theatre, a medieval house, rubble deposit. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1964, excavations of O.I. Dombrovsky 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 19/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice, within a wide (5 x 18cm) inset rectangle. 

Lettering

Thinly cut letterstrokes. Theta and omicron are smaller than the rest of letters, verticals of nu are of equal height, some letter strokes are curved, upper and lower bars of sigma are almost horizontal; letter strokes widen at the ends and terminate in serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.8

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 180. 

Edition

Εὔ̣θυνο[ς]
..τιαι[ου]

Diplomatic

Ε.ΘΥΝΟ[.]
··ΤΙΑΙ[..]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Ε<unclear>ὔ</unclear>θυνο<supplied reason="lost">ς</supplied>
      	<lb n="2"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>τιαι<supplied reason="lost">ου</supplied>
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 168; Buyskikh2008, 61; Posamentir2011, 91, № C10. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Solomonik
2: [Ἑσ]τιαίο[υ]Solomonik

Translation

Euthynos, (son of) ---.

 

Images

 

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