III 324. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Apollonios, I century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.44.0, W.33.0, Th.15.0.

Additional description

Upper part of pedimental stele with acroteria (the middle is broken off). Relief rosettes on the front. Three-line inscription above the rosettes. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

South sector of Chesonesos, {в насыпи могилы}, "discovered during the digging of a ditch in front of the battery that was closest to the monastery." 

Find circumstances

Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 36, л. 8, № 337). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3653. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, wide gamma, dotted theta, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; light serifs 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

I century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976, № 217; Posamentir2011, 127, № C55. 

Edition

Ἀπολλώνιος
Ἀγάθωνος,
χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ
ΑΓΑΘΩΝΟΣ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Ἀπολλώνιος 
      		<lb n="2"/>Ἀγάθωνος, 
      		<lb n="3"/>χαῖρε.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 217; Posamentir2011, 127, № C55. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Apollonios, (son of) Agathon, greeting.

 

Images

 

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