III 371. Chersonesos. Epitaph of Syrion and Sopolis, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 65.0, W. 44.0, Th. 18.0.

Additional description

A "Bosporan style" stele. Partly broken off at the bottom. In an inset rectangle: relief figures of a man and child. Below the relief: two two-line inscriptions cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Necropolis by the southern fortification wall. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1892, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 3, № 79; д. 21, л. 4, № 79). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3656. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar, cursive epsilon, sigma, omega, V-shaped yspilon, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev 1895, 14, № 11; IOSPE IV 115; IOSPE I2 456. 

Edition

1
Συρίων Συρί̣-
ωνος, χαῖρε.
2
Σώπολις vac.
Συρίωνος, χαῖρε.

Diplomatic

1
ΣΥΡΙΩΝΣΥΡ.
ΩΝΟΣΧΑΙΡΕ
2
ΣΩΠΟΛΙΣ      
ΣΥΡΙΩΝΟΣΧΑΙΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Συρίων 
         Συρ<unclear>ί</unclear>
      <lb n="2" break="no"/>ωνος, χαῖρε.
      </ab>
   </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Σώπολις <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="2"/>Συρίωνος, χαῖρε.
      </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger 1909, № 532; Античная скульптура Херсонеса 1976, № 381. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1: между именем и патронимиком точка-разделитель.
2: словораздел обозначен точкой-разделителем. 2: словораздел обозначен точкой-разделителем.

Translation

1

Syrion, (son of) Syrion, greeting.

2

Sopolis, (son of) Syrion, greeting.

 

Commentary

Texts are placed in such a wat that lines and 2 of Text 2 continue lines 1 and 2 of Text 1.

 

Images

 

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