III 286. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Telamon, 2nd half of III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.6.5, W.13.0, Th.3.5.
Additional description
Fully preserved, with two-line inscription.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southeast sector of Chersonesos, excavation trench outside Curtain Wall 19 of fortification walls.
Find circumstances
Found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, № 200; д. 29, л.6, № 200).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3683.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Mu with slightly slanting outer hastae, nu with short right vertical, omicron slightly smaller than other letters, pi with rightward extended horizontal and short right vertical, top and bottom strokes of sigma are nearly horizontal; some letters have slightly curved strokes and noticeable flaring of the ends.
Letterheights (cm)
1.3
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
2nd half of III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev1902, 65, № 5; IOSPE I2 495.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Τελαμών
<lb n="2"/>Ἐπιφάνειος.
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Kieseritzky, Watzinger1909 № 15f.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Telamon, (son of) Epiphanes.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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