III 268. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Kinolis, 2nd half of IV century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.185.0, W.37.5, Th.22.0.
Additional description
Stele with a cornice, split into two pieces. Almost fully preserved. Two-line inscription is cut in deep strokes and traced in blue paint. Below the inscription - relief of a knife, with traces of paint.
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, 4/36847.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Nu with a slightly raised right vertical, omicron slightly smaller than other letters, pi with short right vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars; narrow omega with {splayed legs?}, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
3.2
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
2nd half of IV century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik1969, 62, № 9; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 143 (= Bull.ép.1974, 380); SEG 53, 767, № 7; Perlman2011, 440, № 45.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Κίνωλις
<lb n="2"/>Πασίχου
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Danilyenko1969, 37слл; Posamentir2006, 54; Posamentir2011, 54, № 45.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Kinolis, (son of) Pasichos.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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