III 310. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Sopolis, late III - 1st half II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.9.0, W.7.5, Th.2.0.

Additional description

Broken on the right. Top left corner is chipped off. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, outside Curtain Walls 17 and 19 of the fortification wall. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1900, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 9, л. 18, № 193; д. 29, л. 5, № 193). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34860. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Mu with slanting outer hastae, omicron and omega slightly smaller than the rest of the letters, pi with rightward extended horizontal and short right vertical, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late III - 1st half II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1902 64, № 4; IOSPE I2 494. 

Edition

[Σ]ώπολ̣[ις]
Ὕμν[ου].

Diplomatic

[.]ΩΠΟ.[..]
ΥΜΝ[..]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">Σ</supplied>ώπο<unclear>λ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ις</supplied>
      	<lb n="2"/>Ὕμν<supplied reason="lost">ου</supplied>.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Sopolis, (son of) Hymnos.

 

Images

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