III 326. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Herakleidas, I century B.C.Е.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.9.5, W.13.0, Th.3.5.

Additional description

Nearly fully preserved. The bottom and right side are chipped. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Western necropolis, by the western fortification wall, south of Grave 150 (7). 

Find circumstances

Found in 1910, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper (НА НЗХТ, д. 103, л. 28, № 1628; д. 71, л. 85; Лепер 1927, 235). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 8768. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with broken crossbar and intersecting diagonals, nu with slightly shorter right vertical, light serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.2

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

I century B.C.Е. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

НЭПХ I (Solomonik 1964) 43. 

Edition

Ἡρακ<λ>είδας
Ξάνθου,
χαῖρε.

1: orig. ΗΡΑΚΕΙΔΑΣ

Diplomatic

ΗΡΑΚΕΙΔΑΣ
ΞΑΝΘΟΥ
ΧΑΙΡΕ

1: orig. ΗΡΑΚΕΙΔΑΣ

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      		<lb n="1"/>Ἡρακ<supplied reason="omitted">λ</supplied>είδας
      		<lb n="2"/>Ξάνθου, 
      		<lb n="3"/>χαῖρε.
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Apparatus criticus

1: ΗΡΑΚΑΕΙΔΑΣ lapis.

Translation

Herakleidas, (son of) Xanthos, greeting.

 

Images

 

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