III 258. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Herotima, late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.55.0, W.32.0, Th.15.0.
Additional description
Stele with a cornice. On the upper half of the front - two-line insription is cut in thin strokes, following ruled lines. The surface is badly damaged.
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, 26/36847.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Nu with short right vertical, omicron smaller than other letters; slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
2.5
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
Late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik1969, 72, № 37; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 171; Perlman2011, 445, № 58.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἡροτίμα
<lb n="2"/>Ἡρονίκου
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Vinogradov1975, 175; Posamentir2011, 66, № 58.
Apparatus criticus
1: Ἡροτίμα[ς] ошибочноSolomonik; чтениеἩροτίμα предложено по фотографии (ср. LGPN IV; Perlman 2011). Осмотр камня показал, что ed.pr. приняла случайную черту за верхнюю гасту Σ.Vinogradov
Translation
Herotima, (daughter of) Heronikos.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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