III 270. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Marko, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 44.0, W. 30.0, Th. 12.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele decorated with a pediment and acroterion (partially damaged). Small relief rosettes on the front. Three-line inscription (now lost) was painted in red paint between the cornice and rosettes. 

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 1910, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 103, № 3746; д. 71, л. 83). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3640. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, between the cornice and rosettes. 

Lettering

Nu with raised right vertical, mu with short right vertical and slightly extended horizontal, omicron smaller than other letters. 

Letterheights (cm)

Неизвестна.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 30; Perlman 2011, 451, № C54. 

Edition

Μαρκὼ
Ἀριστοκλέος,
Ἀπολλᾶ γυνά

Diplomatic

ΜΑΡΚΩ
ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΛΕΟΣ
ΑΠΟΛΛΑ ΓΥΝΑ

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Commentaries

Grinevich 1927, 55 сл; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 № 191; Posamentir 2011, 126, № C54. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Marko, (daughter of) Aristokles, wife of Apollas.

 

Images

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