III 266. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Kalliadas, late IV - early III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.33.0, W.33.0, Th.16.0.
Additional description
Upper part of a stele with cornice. On the top - dowel hole for a crowning element (an anthemium?). On the front - relief rosettes. Between the cornice and rosettes is a two-line insription cut following ruled lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Western sector of Chersonesos, city walls, near Curtain Wall 14. Reused in the wall of a drain (I-II century C.E.).
Find circumstances
Found in 1957. Excavations of I.A. Antonova.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4/36504.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Mu with slanting outer hastae, large omicron and omega, sigma with splayed bars, light flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
3.4
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
Late IV - early III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 29.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Καλλιάδας
<lb n="2"/>Ἀρτεμιδώρου.
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 69, № 167; Posamentir2011, 125, № C53.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Kalliadas, (son of) Artemidoros.
Commentary
Both names are attested in Chersonesos multiple times (LGPN IV).
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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