III 311. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Soteria, late III - 1st half of II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.27.0, W.41.5, Th.16.8.

Additional description

Stele is broken off on the top and bottom. Four-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, archaeological investigation of Curtain wall 19, rubble infill, level of the 3rd construction period. 

Find circumstances

Found in 2008, excavations of V.G. Samoylenko. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 106/37545. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Verticals of nu in line are of even height, in line 4, the right vertical is slighly shortened; omicron and omega smaller than the rest of the letters, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5-4.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

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

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Makarov, Samoylenko2013b 67, № 3. 

Edition

Σωτηρία̣,
χαῖρε,
Φορμίωνος
[γ]υ̣νά.

Diplomatic

ΣΩΤΗΡΙ.
ΧΑΙΡΕ
ΦΟΡΜΙΩΝΟΣ
[.].ΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Σωτηρί<unclear>α</unclear>,
      	<lb n="2"/>χαῖρε,
      	<lb n="3"/>Φορμίωνος
      	 <lb n="4"/><supplied reason="lost">γ</supplied><unclear>υ</unclear>νά.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Soteria, wife of Phormion, greeting.

 

Images

 

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