III 587. Chora of Chersonesos.Epitaph of Parthenios, end of IV - 1st half of III century B.C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.92.0, W.35.0, Th.17.5.

Place of Origin

Chora of Chersonesos. 

Find place

Kulchuk settlement. 

Find context

Necropolis, backfill of a cenotaph under the barrow mound.  

Find circumstances

Found in 1989, excavations of O.D. Dashevskaya. 

Modern location

Yevpatoria. 

Institution and inventory

Yevpatoria Regional Studies Museum, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. I was not able to find the monument in the repository of Yevpatoria Regional Studies Museum. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with a straight crossbar, dotted theta, nu with a short right vertical, four-bar sigma with splayed bars. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

End of IV - 1st half of III century B.C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Golentsov, Dashevskaya1981, 109 (= SEG 31, 697). 

Edition

Παρθένιος
Συρίσκ[ο]υ

Diplomatic

ΠΑΡΘΕΝΙΟΣ
ΣΥΡΙΣΚ[.]Υ

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Apparatus criticus

2: Συρίσκου ed. pr.

Translation

Parthenios, (son of) Syriskos.

 

Images

 

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