III 418. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Herakleon, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.71.0, W.38.0, Th.11.0.

Additional description

Panel adorned with relief pediment and acroteria. Broken off on the bottom. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, necropolis by the Quarantine Bay. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1902, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 31, л. 2, № 221). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3629. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Dotted theta, kappa with short diagonals, cursive sigma, wide loop of omega, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1904, 24, № 17; IOSPE I2 544. 

Edition

Ἡρακλέων Μηνο-
φῶντος ὁ καὶ
Σίσυρος Ἡρ<α>κ-
λεώτης, ἐτῶν
5λθ´, χαῖρε

3: orig. ΗΡΛΚ ΛΕΩΤΗΣ

Diplomatic

ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΝΜΗΝΟ
ΦΩΝΤΟΣΟΚΑΙ
ΣΙΣΥΡΟΣΗΡΛΚ
ΛΕΩΤΗΣΕΤΩΝ
5ΛΘΧΑΙΡΕ

3: orig. ΗΡΛΚ ΛΕΩΤΗΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/>Ἡρακλέων 
         Μηνο 
      <lb n="2" break="no"/>φῶντος ὁ καὶ 
      <lb n="3"/>Σίσυρος 
         Ἡρ<choice><corr>α</corr><sic>Λ</sic></choice>κ
      <lb n="4" break="no"/>λεώτης, ἐτῶν 
      <lb n="5"/><num value="39">λθ</num>, χαῖρε
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   </div>
Commentaries

Kieseritzky, Watzinger1909, № 80; Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976, № 218. 

 
Apparatus criticus

3: ΗΡΛΚ lapis

Translation

Herakleon, (son of) Menophon, also known as Sisyros, citizen of Herakleia, 39 years old, greeting.

 

Images

 

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