III 214. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Myttina, 2nd half of IV century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.84.0, W.43.5, Th.19.0.

Additional description

Pedimental stele with three acroteria (cut off in secondary use). Upper part, in two fragments, is preserved. The inscription is traced in red paint. Traces of paint below the inscription suggest an image of ribbons. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, fortification walls, Tower XVII ("Zeno's Tower"), masonry. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1961, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (НА НЗХТ, д. 30). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 47/36847. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, below the cornice. 

Lettering

Nu with short right vertical, large omicron, ypsilon with widely splayed diagonals; absence of flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.2

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of IV century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1969, 62, №8; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973), 142 (= Bull.ép.1974,380); Perlman2011, 438, № 41. 

Edition

Μυττίνα
Διονυσίου
[γ]υ̣νά.

Diplomatic

ΜΥΤΤΙΝΑ
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ
[.].ΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Commentaries

Posamentir2011, 50, № 41. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Myttina, wife of Dionysios.

 

Images

 

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