III 374. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Philokrates, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.60.0, W.37.0, Th.9.0.

Additional description

A pedimental aediculum adorned with relief. Below the relief is a three-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, Roman "citadel" (Block X, Layer 2 (4), Enclosure 3). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1928, excavations of K.E. Grinevich (НА НЗХТ, д. 273, л. 16). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 29911. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Cursive epsilon, sigma, omega; absence of serifs, word divisions in the shape of ivy leaves. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.4

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 52. 

Edition

Φιλοκράτης
Φαρνακίωνος
ἐτῶν οε´ χε͂ρε

Diplomatic

ΦΙΛΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ
ΦΑΡΝΑΚΙΩΝΟΣ
ΕΤΩΝΟΕΧΕΡΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Φιλοκράτης 
      		<lb n="2"/>Φαρνακίωνος
      		<lb n="3"/>ἐτῶν <num value="75">οε</num> χε͂ρε
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976, № 326; Solomonik1990, № 95. 

 
Apparatus criticus

3: перед О знак-разделитель в виде листа плюща χε͂ρε = χαῖρε.

Translation

Philokrates, (son of) Pharnakion, 75 years old, 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.)