III 283. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Megakles, 1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 178.0, W. 38.0, Th. 17.0.
Additional description
Stele with cornice and antefixes (lost). Broken in two pieces. Well preserved (small damage to the profiled moulding on the left and to the dowel on the bottom). The front and sides are decorated with relief rosettes. Between the cornice and rosettes - two-line insription painted in black following ruled lines. Below the inscription - image of a sheathed sword and sword belt hung from a nail.
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, 6/36847 + 56/36847.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front, between the cornice and rosettes.
Lettering
Epsilon with a short middle bar, nu with short right vertical, slightly curved letterstrokes, flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
2.6
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
1st half of III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik 1969, 64, № 14; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 148 (= 1974, 380); SEG, 53, 767, № 3; Perlman 2011, 430, № 3.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Μεγακλῆς
<lb n="2"/>Σαννίωνος.
</ab>
</div> Commentaries
Kolesnikova 1969, 48; Posamentir 2011, 16, № 3.
Apparatus criticus
1: Μεγακλῆ - (ошибочно).
Translation
Megakles, (son of) Sannion.
Commentary
On Sannion and his family, as well as other personal names in this inscription, see commentary to № neph146.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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