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.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Σιμαῖος
<lb n="2"/>Δαματρίου.
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Kieseritzky, Watzinger1909 № 15; Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 173; Posamentir2011, 107, № C32.
Apparatus criticus
1: ΣίμαιοςIOSPE
Translation
Simaios, (son of) Damatrios.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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