III 309. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Simaios, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 78.0, W. 31.0, Th. 24.0.

Additional description

Upper part of a stele adorned with cornice (partly chipped off). Without antefixes and rosettes. Below the cornice, a small rectangular panel is inset in a cut-out on the front. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Necropolis by the southern fortification wall, lining of Grave 509. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1894, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (ОАК за 1894, 70 сл.; НА НЗХТ, д. 4, № 104; д. 23, л.2, № 104) 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4609. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice, on a small marble panel inset in a matching cut-out. 

Lettering

Sloppilu cut letters. Alpha with broken crossbar, mu with anearly parallel outer hastae, large omicron, sigma with nearly horizontal top and bottom bars; flaring and serifs at the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE IV 113; IOSPE I2 492. 

Edition

Σιμαῖος
Δαματρίου.

Diplomatic

ΣΙΜΑΙΟΣ
ΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΟΥ

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Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 15; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976 № 173; Posamentir 2011, 107, № C32. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: Σίμαιος IOSPE

Translation

Simaios, (son of) Damatrios.

 

Images

 

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