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
Solomonik 1967, 149 ; НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 184.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἀθ<unclear>ά</unclear>ναιος
<lb n="2"/>Ἀπολλωνίδου
<lb n="3"/>χαῖρε
</ab>
</div> Commentaries
Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 № 349.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Athananios, (son of) Apollonidos, greeting.
Images
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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