III 317. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a man, II century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.6.0, W.7.0, Th.3.0.
Additional description
Right side of a small panel. Remains of three-line inscription, sloppily cut.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southeast sector of Chersonesos, southwest of Tower XVII ("Zeno's Tower") of the fortification walls, area of ceramic workshops covered up by a necropolis of the I-II century B.C.E.
Find circumstances
Found in 1965, excavations of V.V. Borisova (СА 1958, № 4, 144).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 150/36442.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Nu with even verticals, sigma with splayed bars; flaring and serifs at the ends of hastae.
Letterheights (cm)
0.8
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
II century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 42.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">ιος</seg>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">λανίο<supplied reason="omitted">υ</supplied></seg>
<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">χαῖρ</supplied>ε
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Not attempted.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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