III 252. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Herakleios, III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.39.0, W.28.0, Th.10.0.
Additional description
Stele with a cornice. Cut at the top and bottom for secondary use as a new funerary monument. Top left corner was l damaged after discovery. There are traces of later graffiti below the ancient inscription.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southeast sector of the Chersonesos citadel, next to the fortification wall by the Quarantine Bay ("area between the boat house and the fortification wall").
Find circumstances
Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (НА НЗХТ, д. 16, № 323; д. 36, л. 8, № 323)
Modern location
Sevastopol.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3647.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
The inscription is carelessly cut; letters are shallow, of varying size; nu with shortened right vertical, omicron and omega smaller than the rest of the letters, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
2.0
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev1908, 17, № 4; IOSPE I2 474; IOSPE III 876.
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<ab>
<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="undefined" evidence="previouseditor">Ἡρά</supplied>κλειος
<lb n="2"/>Ἀπολλ<unclear>ω</unclear>νίου
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</div>
Commentaries
Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 170.
Translation
Herakleios, (son of) Apollonios.
Commentary
The underlined part of the text has been lost.
© 2017 Igor
Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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