III 290. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a warrior, III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.13.5, W.8.5, Th.11.0.
Additional description
Small fragment, broken off on all sides, with a relief of a sword handle and two (?) lines of text cut following ruled lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Apparently comes from the excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (the photo of the monument is made during his lifetime, see НА НЗХТ, д. 58, IV, № 30)
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35123.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Even letters, flaring of the ends of hastae.
Letterheights (cm)
3.0
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 31.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="1"/><seg part="I">Ἡρ</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 175.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
- - - Her[- - -]
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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