III 289. Chersonesos. Epitaph of a woman, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 30.0, W. 39.0, Th. 12.0.

Additional description

Middle part of a stele with relief taenia tied in a knot, with hanging ends, and a string for an alabastron. Traces of letters above the relief. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, in the citadel. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (Fieldbook inv. no. 324/07) 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. Current whereabouts of the monument are unknown. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Gamma with wide horizontal, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1908 23, № 13; IOSPE I2 530. 

Edition

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Diplomatic

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EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 № 188; Posamentir 2011, 82, №. 75. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

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Images

 

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