III 254. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Zopyros, 2nd half of IV century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.127.0, W.42.5, Th.19.5.

Additional description

Stele with cornice (broken off on the left). The bottom is missing. Consists of two large fragments. The back is treated summarily. In the upper half, a two-line inscription is cut and traced in red paint. It is centered vis-a-vis the 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 1961, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (НА НЗХТ, д. 30). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 50/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Omicron and omega smaller than the rest of the letters.,four-bar sigma with splayed bars. Curved strokes and flaring of the ends of hastae are absent. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.8

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of IV century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1969, 72, № 35; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 169; Perlman2011, 445, № 57. 

Edition

Ζώπυρος
Ἡροφίλου

Diplomatic

ΖΩΠΥΡΟΣ
ΗΡΟΦΙΛΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      		<lb n="2"/>Ἡροφίλου

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Commentaries

Vinogradov1975, 175; Posamentir2011, 65, № 57. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Zopyros, (son of) Herophilos.

 

Images

 

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