III 354. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Alexander, II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 33.5, W. 50.0, Th. 9.0.
Additional description
Lower part of a panel. Relief in a rectangular inset field. Three-line inscription below the relief.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay (on the site excavated by R.Ch. Loeper).
Find circumstances
Random find in 1955.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 36365.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Even, deeply cut letters. Alpha with broken crossbar, epsilon with detached middle bar, eta with detached crossbar, ksi without a vertical, pi with even verticals and extended horizontal; pronounced serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
2.5
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Solomonik 1958, 314, № 4; НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 53 (cf. Bull.ép. 1964, 314).
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἀλέξανδρος Χρησ<unclear>τί</unclear>ωνος
<lb n="2"/>τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου ἐτῶν κε΄
<lb n="3"/>χαῖρε
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976, № 317.
Apparatus criticus
2: ἐτῶν выделено черточками-разделителями.
Translation
Alexander, (son of) Chrestion, (son of) Apollonios, 25 years old, greeting.
Commentary
The palaeography of this inscription and the epitaph of Theagenes, son of Chrestion, and his wife Ulpia Makaria are similar. This makes it possible to speculate that Alexander, son of Chrestion, and Theagenes, son of Chrestion, might have been brothers.
The date is II century C.E. (most likely not earlier than mid-century).
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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