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. 

Edition

Καλλιάδας
Ἀρτεμιδώρου.

Diplomatic

ΚΑΛΛΙΑΔΑΣ
ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ

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Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 69, № 167; Posamentir 2011, 125, № C53. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Kalliadas, (son of) Artemidoros.

 

Commentary

Both names are attested in Chersonesos multiple times (LGPN IV).

 

Images

 

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