III 312. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Tettia, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.8.0, W.12.0, Th.2.0.

Additional description

Fully preserved. Carved from an architectural detail. Four-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay, {в обкладке} of Grave 26 (24). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1910, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 103, л. 8, № 342а; ср. Лепер 1927, 215). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4781. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with short right vertical, pi with short right vertical and extended horizontal, oval omega with horizontal bottom strokes raised above the writing line; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 35. 

Edition

Τεττία
Τίμωνος
Ποππία
γυνά.

Diplomatic

ΤΕΤΤΙΑ
ΤΙΜΩΝΟΣ
ΠΟΠΠΙΑ
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Τεττία 
      		<lb n="2"/>Τίμωνος 
      		<lb n="3"/>Ποππία
      		<lb n="4"/>γυνά.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Loeper1927, 215. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Tettia, (daughter of) Timon, wife of Poppias.

 

Images

 

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