III 301. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Gosa, II century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.10.0, W.17.0, Th.4.0.

Additional description

Rectangular small panel with relief border. Fully preserved. Three-line inscription. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Most likely in southeast sector between the highway and Quarantine Bay, necropolis, burial vault. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1913, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 109, л. 32, № 1958). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3682. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Nu with short right vertical, large omicron, pi with rightward extended horizontal and short right vertical, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Latyshev1918, 12, № 2. 

Edition

Γόσα Φιλίππου,
Ἀπολλωνίου
γυνά.

Diplomatic

ΓΟΣΑ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ
ΓΥΝΑ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      	<lb n="2"/>Ἀπολλωνίου
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Apparatus criticus

Translation

Gosa, (daughter of) Philippos, wife of Apollonios.

 

Images

 

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