III 365. Chersonesos. Family epitaph, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Unknown. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 60.0, W. 48.8, Th. unknown.

Additional description

Relief of funerary feast on the front. Below the relief, two inscriptions arranged in columns. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

The monument was in Chersonesos until 1872 when it was sent to Moscow for a Polythechnic Exhibition. Subsequent fate of the monument is unknown. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. The monument is considered lost. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, oval and round ornamental theta with attached crossbar, nu and pi with even verticals, cursive omega. 

Letterheights (cm)

Нет данных.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I, 217 (= IOSPE I2 452). 

Edition

a
Κιλία Ἀπολλωνίου,
γυνὴ δὲ Ἀπελλᾶ.
b
Κυράθων Ἀπελλ[ᾶ].
Ἀπελλᾶ Κυράθω̣[νος],
χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

a
ΚΙΛΙΑ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ
ΓΥΝΗΔΕΑΠΕΛΛΑ
b
ΚΥΡΑΘΩΝ ΑΠΕΛΛ[.]
ΑΠΕΛΛΑ ΚΥΡΑΘ.[...]
ΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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<div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="b"> <ab> <lb n="1"/>Κυράθων Ἀπελλ<supplied reason="lost">ᾶ</supplied>. <lb n="2"/>Ἀπελλᾶ Κυράθ<unclear>ω</unclear><supplied reason="lost">νος</supplied>, <lb n="3"/>χαῖρε. </ab> </div>
Commentaries

Mansvetov 1872 50, № 12; Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909 131, № 723. 

 
Apparatus criticus

2: Κυράθ[ωνος] - edd.

Translation

a. Kilia, (daughter of) Apollonios, wife of Apellas.

b. Kyrathon, (son of) Apellas. Apellas, (son of) Kyrathon, greeting.

 

Images

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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