III 289. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a woman, III century B.C.Е.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.30.0, W.39.0, Th.12.0.
Additional description
Middle part of a stele with relief taenia tied in a knot, with hanging ends, and a string for an alabastron. Traces of letters above the relief.
Place of Origin
Chersonesos.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southeast sector of Chersonesos, in the citadel.
Find circumstances
Found in 1907, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (Fieldbook inv. no. 324/07)
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi. Current whereabouts of the monument are unknown.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Gamma with wide horizontal, slight flaring of the ends of letterstrokes.
Letterheights (cm)
2.5
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
III century B.C.Е.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Latyshev1908 23, № 13; IOSPE I2 530.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
<lb n="1"/>γυ<unclear>να</unclear>
</ab>
</div>
Commentaries
Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 188; Posamentir2011, 82, №. 75.
Apparatus criticus
Translation
[---], wi[fe]
© 2017 Igor
Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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