III 296. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a woman, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.7.0, W.7.5, Th.2.5.

Additional description

Top upper corner is preserved. The epigraphic field is outlined by relief border. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North sector of the citadel of Chersonesos, on the coast, between the momastery's cemetery and bathing area (Trench I). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1889, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 34967. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Deely and neatly cut letters, large elongated omega, flaring of the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 36. 

Edition

[---]ΚΩ
[---]Σ̣
[---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΚΩ
[---].
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EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>κώ</orig>
      		 <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig><unclear>ς</unclear></orig>
      		<lb n="2a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Not attempted.

 

Images

 

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