III 314. Chersonesos.Epitaph, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.5.5, W.8.5, Th.3.0.

Additional description

Broken off on the left and right; on the front - partially preserved two-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis between the Quarantine Bay and the "military road to Sevastopol." 

Find circumstances

Found in 1896, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 5, л. 16, № 121; д. 25, л. 2, № 121) 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34897. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Kappa with short diagonals, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1899, 14, № 11; IOSPE IV 106; IOSPE I2 473. 

Edition

[---]ακλ
[Π]ασίω[νος]

Diplomatic

[---]ΑΚΛ
[.]ΑΣΙΩ[...]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	 <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="M">ακλ</seg>
      	 <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Π</supplied>ασίω<supplied reason="lost">νος</supplied>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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