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.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<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
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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