III 333. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Athanaios, 2nd half of I century B.C.E. - 1st half of I century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.36.0, W.33.0, Th.14.0.

Additional description

Broken off on the top and bottom. The surface is roughly treated. Relief of funerary feast on the front, in the centre. The inscription is sloppily cut, probably by an unprofossional, in the field of the relief, above the figures. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, fortification walls, inner side of Curtain Wall 23, in a trench. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1966, excavations of I.A. Antonova. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 223/36679. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, large theta with attached crossbar, nu with even verticals, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; ends of hastae are not enhanced. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.7

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

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

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1967, 149 ; НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 184. 

Edition

Ἀθά̣ναιος
Ἀπολλωνίδου
χαῖρε

Diplomatic

ΑΘ.ΝΑΙΟΣ
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Ἀθ<unclear>ά</unclear>ναιος
      		<lb n="2"/>Ἀπολλωνίδου
      		<lb n="3"/>χαῖρε
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger1909 № 349. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Athananios, (son of) Apollonidos, greeting.

 

Images

  

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