III 239. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Delphos, late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.131.0, W.35.0, Th.17.0.

Additional description

Stele with a cornice and antefixes. In two fragments. The bottom is not preserved. Between the cornice and rosettes is a two-line inscription traced in black paint. 

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 1960, excavations of S.F. Strzheletsky (НА НЗХТ, д. 30). 

Modern location

Saint Petersburg, Russia. 

Institution and inventory

The State Hermitage Museum, Х.1968.2. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front, between the cornice and rosettes. 

Lettering

Epsilon with short middle bar, kappa with short diagonals, flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Late IV - 1st half of III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik1969, 62, № 10; НЭПХ II (Solomonik 1973) 144 (= Bull.ép., 1974, 380); Perlman2011, 433, № 8. 

Edition

Δελφὸς
Εὐκλείδα

Diplomatic

ΔΕΛΦΟΣ
ΕΥΚΛΕΙΔΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="1"/>Δελφὸς 
      	<lb n="2"/>Εὐκλείδα
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   </div>
Commentaries

Perlman2011, 21, № 8. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

Delphos, (son of) Eukleidas.

 

Images

 

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