III 358. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a Aristo[---], II century C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.20.0, W.14.0, Th.6.0.
Additional description
Broken off on all sides except the left. The front is treated summarily, dented. A false cornice is indicaed by two deep horizontal lines, which contine on the left side. Traces of a rosette on the same side.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Unknown.
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3/36504.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Alpha with straight crossbar, cursive sigma, light serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
2.3
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
II century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 47.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><seg part="I">Ἀριστο</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="2"/>Ἡ<supplied reason="lost">ρ</supplied>αί<supplied reason="lost">ου</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/>γ<supplied reason="lost">υνή</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
1:
Ἀριστο[νίκη e.g.]Solomonik
2:
supp.Solomonik
Translation
Aristo[---], wife of Heraios, [---].
Commentary
Of personal names in Ἡραι-, we know only of Ἡραῖος in Chersonesos (II centuryC.E., LGPN IV, s.v.).
© 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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