III 355. Chersonesos.Epitaph of Alexander, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.20.0, W.13.5, Th.3.0.

Additional description

Possibly an inset for a large limestone block. The left half and the centre of a pediment are preserved, the left corner is broken off. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

West sector of Chersonesos, by the Pesochny (Sandy) Bay, in a pile of rubble. 

Find circumstances

Random find in 1936 (НА НЗХТ, Inv. book № 9). 

Modern location

Savastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35120. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Alpha with straight crossbar,oval omicron the size of other letters, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, ksi with a curved diagonal; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Shangin1938, 76, № 4. 

Edition

[Ἀλέ]ξανδρο̣[ς ---]
[ζήσ]ας
[ἔτη] λ̣ε´
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]..

Diplomatic

[...]ΞΑΝΔΡ.[.---]
[...]ΑΣ
[...].Ε
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]··

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">ζήσ</supplied>ας
      <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">ἔτη</supplied> <num value="35"><unclear>λ</unclear>ε</num>
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Commentaries

Shcheglov1964, 214; Античная скульптура Херсонеса1976, № 356. 

 
Apparatus criticus

1-3: rest.Shangin

Translation

Alexander [(son of) ---], who lived 35 years [---].

 

Commentary

We may compare this funerary monument with others of the same type: № neph057

The date is II century C.E. (most likely not earlier than mid-century).

Line 4: There are traces of two letters that cannot be identified.

 

Images

 

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