III 215. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Aba, 2nd half of IV - early III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.75.0, W.29.0, Th.16.0.

Additional description

On the front, between the cornice and rosettes. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southeast sector of Chersonesos, during the archaeological investigation of Curtain wall 19. Removed from the second row of foundation blocks of Curtain Wall 19, corresponding to the 4th construction period. 

Find circumstances

Found in 2008. Excavations of V.G. Samoylenko. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 104/37545. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, between the cornice and rosettes. 

Lettering

Nu with short right hasta, omicron smaller than other letters, ypsilon with widely spalyed diagonals; absence of decorative elements at the ends of letterstrokes. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5-2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

2nd half of IV - early III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Makarov, Samoylenko2013b, 65, № 1. 

Edition

Ἄβα
Νεομηνίου,
Ὑπίου
γυνά.

Diplomatic

ΑΒΑ
ΝΕΟΜΗΝΙΟΥ
ΥΠΙΟΥ
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      		<lb n="1"/>Ἄβα
      		<lb n="2"/>Νεομηνίου,
      		<lb n="3"/>Ὑπίου
        <lb n="4"/>γυνά.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Aba, (daughter of) Neomenios, wife of Hypios.

 

Images

 

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