V 39. Cherson. Demonstrative inscription, late XI – early XIIth century C.E.
Monument
Type
Wall block.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 30.0, W. 20.0, Th. 15.0.
Additional description
On the front is an incised cross with rays between the arms. Broken off at the top (?). The front right corner and the bottom front edge are also broken off; dents on the front surface.
Place of Origin
Cherson.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Southern district, water reservoir, north of the reservoir, room 7.
Find circumstances
2001, excavations of L.V. Sedikova.
Modern location
Sevastopol, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 66/37363.
Autopsy
May 1999, August 2001, September 2002, September 2003, September 2004, September 2005, September 2006, September 2007.
Epigraphic field
Position
Around the cross.
Lettering
Lapidary. Kappa with elongated curved lower diagonal; phi with elongated vertical.
Letterheights (cm)
5.0–8.0.
Text
Category
Demonstrative.
Date
Late XI – early XIIth century C.E.
Dating criteria
Archaeological context.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Φ</abbr><ex cert="low">ῶ</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan>.
<lb n="2"/><orig><unclear>Χ</unclear>Κ</orig>
</ab>
</div> Translation
Light.
Commentary
1. On the formula, see IV.3.C.c.
2. The meaning of the second line is not clear: perhaps chi under phi is connected with the traditional formula ΦΧΦΠ (see IV.3.C.a).
The monument is a keystone from an arch of a private house, dating to the end of the XIth - beginning of the XIIth century, and destroyed in the first half of the XIIIth century.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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