III 290. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a warrior, III century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.13.5, W.8.5, Th.11.0.

Additional description

Small fragment, broken off on all sides, with a relief of a sword handle and two (?) lines of text cut following ruled lines. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Apparently comes from the excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich (the photo of the monument is made during his lifetime, see НА НЗХТ, д. 58, IV, № 30) 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35123. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Even letters, flaring of the ends of hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

III century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 31. 

Edition

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Diplomatic

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Commentaries

Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976 № 175. 

 
Apparatus criticus

Translation

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Images

 

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