III 341. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Papias, late I - early II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.62.0, W.42.0, Th.20.0.

Additional description

Upper part of pedimental stele with acroteria. Relief rosette in the centre of the pediment. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, harbour area. 

Find circumstances

Random find by R.P. Smirnov in 2004. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, no inventory number. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, cursive epsilon and sigma, delta with projecting right diagonal, omicron nearly the same size as other letters, pi with even verticals and extended horizontal; small serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.2

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late I - early II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Ineditum. 

Edition

Παπίας Ἡρακλεί-
δου, χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

ΠΑΠΙΑΣ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙ
ΔΟΥΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Παπίας 
      	     Ἡρακλεί
    <lb n="2" break="no"/>δου, χαῖρε.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Papias, (son of) Herakleidas, greeting.

 

Images

 

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