III 303. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Herakleios, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.41.0, W.28.0, Th.12.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele adorned with cornice. Below the cornice, a small marble panel (6x12x4 cm), with two-line insription, is inset in a cut-out on the front. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos (by the monastery animal farm), necropolis by the Quarantine Bay. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1908, excavations of N.I. Repnikov. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. Current whereabouts of the monument uknown, probably lost. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, four-bar sigma with nearly horizontal top and bottom bars, some curved letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1909b, 43, № 3; IOSPE I2 475. 

Edition

Ἡράκλειος
Δαματρίου.

Diplomatic

ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΣ
ΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΟΥ

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Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 172. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Herakleios, (son of) Damatrios.

 

Images

 

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