III 339. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Eros, I century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.20.0, W.13.0, Th.12.0.
Additional description
Recut from an architectural detail (probably, an architrave). In the upper part, in an inset area - relief of a male figure (feet). Below the relief, a three-line inscription is cut without ruled lines.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
South sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the southern fortification wall (between the monastery gates and Tomb 1009, soil deposit.
Find circumstances
Found in 1904, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 33, л. 2, № 250; д. 13, № 250).
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35044.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Alpha with broken crossbar, large oval omicron, rho with small loop, sigma with splayed bars; absence of decorative elements at the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
2.0
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
I century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev1905, 107, № 16; IOSPE I2 472.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἔρως
<lb n="2"/>Ἔρωτος,
<lb n="3"/>χαῖρε.
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
Translation
Eros, (son of) Eros, greeting.
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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