III 251. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Euphron[---], 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 30.0, W. 17.5, Th. 16.8.

Additional description

Upper left corner of a panel. The back is summarily treated. The top side is planed. Three-line insription is cut following ruled lines and traced in black 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, 119/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Epsilon with a short middle bar, slightly curved letterstrokes; flaring of the ends of hastae; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.1

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1969, 73, № 39; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 173; Perlman 2011, 452, № 1. 

Edition

Εὐφρον̣[---]
Αὐτοφ[---]
Δαλι[---]

Diplomatic

ΕΥΦΡΟ.[---]
ΑΥΤΟΦ[---]
ΔΑΛΙ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><seg part="I">Εὐφρο<unclear>ν</unclear><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/></seg>
      <lb n="2"/><seg part="I">Αὐτοφ<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/></seg>
      <lb n="3"/><seg part="I">Δαλι<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/></seg>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Εὐφρόν[ιον] | Αὐτοφ[ῶντος e.g.] | Δάλι[ος (vel Δαλί[ωνος) γυνά] Solomonik 1973; Εὐφρον[ης] (vel Εὐφρόν[ιος] vel Εὐφρόν[ιον]) | Αὐτοφ[ῶν e.g.] | Δάλι[ος] (vel Δαλί[ωνος]) Solomonik 1973

Translation

Euphron[---]... Autoph[---]... Dali[---].

 

Images

 

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