III 323. Chersonesos.Fragment of an epitaph (?), 2nd half of III - 1st half of II century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Bowl. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.6.0, W.7.0, Th.1.0.

Additional description

Wall fragment of a stone bowl (?). The surface is polished. Three lines of text. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, area of proteichisma of Curtain Wall 17 of the fortification walls (trench along proteichisma, layers of the III-II century B.C.E. over the wicket by Tower XVI). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1958, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (see Gilevich 1960, 24). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 22/36550. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with curved crossbar, nu with raised right vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars, slightly elongated omega with flared horizontals. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.3

Text

Category

Unknown. 

Date

2nd half of III - 1st half of II century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 16. 

Edition

[---]
[---]ων̣[ος]
[---]ωνος
[γυ]νά

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]Ω.[..]
[---]ΩΝΟΣ
[..]ΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">ω<unclear>ν</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ος</supplied></seg>
      		<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><seg part="F">ωνος</seg>
      		<lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">γυ</supplied>νά
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

[ἡ δ. Μέν]ων̣[ος / Ἀρίστ]ωνος / [γυ]νά ed. pr.

Translation

- - - (daughter) of [- - -]on, wife of [- - -]on.

 

Images

 

(cc)© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)