III 308. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Nana, 2nd half of II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.7.0, W.13.0, Th.3.5.

Additional description

The left side is broked off. Made from a fragment of a stele with the decree of II century B.C.E. (partly preserved on the back). On the front is a three-line inscription cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

West sector of Chersonesos, fortification wall. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1914, (НА НЗХТ, д. 110, л. 18, № 1015). 

Modern location

Sevastopol (Chersonesos) 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4776. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar and open top, epsilon with short middle bar, pi with short right vertical and extended horizontal, sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.1

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

IOSPE I2 713. 

Edition

Νάνα Δα̣[μοκ-]
λεῖος Φιλ̣[ίπ-]
που γυν[ά].

Diplomatic

ΝΑΝΑ Δ.[...-]
ΛΕΙΟΣΦΙ.[..-]
ΠΟΥΓΥΝ[.]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      	<lb n="1"/>Νάνα 
      	     Δ<unclear>α</unclear><supplied reason="lost">μοκ</supplied>
      	<lb n="2" break="no"/>λεῖος Φι<unclear>λ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ίπ</supplied>
      	<lb n="3" break="no"/>που γυν<supplied reason="lost">ά</supplied>.
   </ab>
   </div>
Commentaries

Solomonik1978, 68, approx. 11 (= 28, 637). 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Nana, (daughter of) Damokles, wife of Philippos.

 

Images

 

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