III 282. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Apollonia, 1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.73.0, W.30.0, Th.17.0.
Additional description
Upper part of pedimental stele with acroteria (clipped off). The back is well worked. All four sides bear relief rosettes. On the front, between the rosettes, a four-line inscription is painted in red. Below the rosettes - painting of taenia tied in a knot and with hanging ends.
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, 16/36847.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Nu with raised right vertical, pi with short right vertical and slightly extended horizontal, omicron smaller than other letters.
Letterheights (cm)
2–2.5 (стк. 4: 1.8).
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik1969, 65, № 17; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 151; Perlman2011, 449, № 71.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἀπολλωνία
<lb n="2"/>Ἡροδότου,
<lb n="3"/>Διονυσίου
<lb n="4"/>γυνά
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Danilyenko1966, 172; Posamentir2011, 79, № 71.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Apollonia, (daughter of) Herodotos, wife of Dionysios.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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