III 358. Chersonesos.Epitaph of a Aristo[---], II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.20.0, W.14.0, Th.6.0.

Additional description

Broken off on all sides except the left. The front is treated summarily, dented. A false cornice is indicaed by two deep horizontal lines, which contine on the left side. Traces of a rosette on the same side. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Unknown. 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3/36504. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar, cursive sigma, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.3

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 47. 

Edition

Ἀριστο[---]
Ἡ[ρ]αί[ου ---]
γ[υνή ---]

Diplomatic

ΑΡΙΣΤΟ[---]
Η[.]ΑΙ[..---]
Γ[...---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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       <lb n="2"/>Ἡ<supplied reason="lost">ρ</supplied>αί<supplied reason="lost">ου</supplied> 
         <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
       <lb n="3"/>γ<supplied reason="lost">υνή</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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Apparatus criticus

1: Ἀριστο[νίκη e.g.]Solomonik
2: supp.Solomonik

Translation

Aristo[---], wife of Heraios, [---].

 

Commentary

Of personal names in Ἡραι-, we know only of Ἡραῖος in Chersonesos (II centuryC.E., LGPN IV, s.v.).

 

Images

 

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