III 252. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Herakleios, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.39.0, W.28.0, Th.10.0.

Additional description

Stele with a cornice. Cut at the top and bottom for secondary use as a new funerary monument. Top left corner was l damaged after discovery. There are traces of later graffiti below the ancient inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of the Chersonesos citadel, next to the fortification wall by the Quarantine Bay ("area between the boat house and the fortification wall"). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 16, № 323; д. 36, л. 8, № 323) 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3647. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

The inscription is carelessly cut; letters are shallow, of varying size; nu with shortened right vertical, omicron and omega smaller than the rest of the letters, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1908, 17, № 4; IOSPE I2 474; IOSPE III 876. 

Edition

Ἡράκλειος
Ἀπολλω̣νίου

Diplomatic

ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΣ
ΑΠΟΛΛ.ΝΙΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">Ἡρά</supplied>κλειος
      	<lb n="2"/>Ἀπολλ<unclear>ω</unclear>νίου
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 170. 

Translation

Herakleios, (son of) Apollonios.

 

Commentary

The underlined part of the text has been lost.

 

Images

 

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