III 291. Chersonesos.Epitaph of unknown, III century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.6.0, W.6.5, Th.2.5.

Additional description

Broken off on three sides. Used twice. On side (A), there are remains of two lines of text, on side (B), of four lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Circumstances of find are unknown, the first photo was taken in 1937. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35133. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Gamma with wide horizontal, omicron smaller than other letters, pi with short right vertical, flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.1–1.4.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 37. 

Edition

1
[---]
.ΙΑ
2
..[---]
Ἀ̣πολλ[]
Ἡρογε̣[---]
γυ[νά]

Diplomatic

1
[---]
·ΙΑ
2
··[---]
.ΠΟΛΛ[]
ΗΡΟΓ.[---]
ΓΥ[..]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1"> <ab> <lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/> <lb n="1"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ΙΑ</orig> </ab> </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2"> <ab> <lb n="1"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <lb n="2"/><seg part="I"><unclear>Ἀ</unclear>πολλ</seg><supplied reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <lb n="3"/><seg part="I">Ἡρογ<unclear>ε</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <lb n="4"/>γυ<supplied reason="lost">νά</supplied> </ab> </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

2: ΛΙΑ в нач. стк. виден след наклонной гасты.Solomonik 1: Ἱ̣κ̣[άνα e.g.]Solomonik
2: Ἀπολλ̣[ωνίου e.g.]Solomonik
3: Ἡρογ[είτου]Solomonik

Translation

1

Not attempted.

2

[---], (daughter of) Apoll[---], wife of Herog[---].

 

Images

(cc)© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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