V 83. Cherson. Epitaph of Julian, VI–VIIth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 50.0, W. 34.0, Th. 23.0.
Additional description
Stele with rounded top, horizontal ledge at the bottom, and inset roundel with relief four-petal rosette in the top half of the front. The surface is chipped.
Place of Origin
Cherson.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
1914, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper.
Modern location
Sevastopol, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 121/36504.
Autopsy
May 1999, August 2001, September 2002, September 2003, September 2004, September 2005, September 2006, September 2007.
Epigraphic field
Position
Below the rosette.
Lettering
Lapidary. Alpha with broken crossbar. Diamond ligature: omicron-upsilon.
Letterheights (cm)
2.3–3.5.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
VI–VIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">Ἰ</supplied>ουλαν<unclear>οῦ</unclear>
Ἀρήου.
</ab>
</div> Translation
Of Julian, son of Areios.
Commentary
Latyshev (1918b, 17, № 10, fig. 1) did not offer a reading of this text.
A missing iota in the name Julian is probably unintentional. If our reading is correct, then we have one of only a few examples of the use of a patronymic in an inscription from Cherson (cf. V 83.2, V 85, V 267, V 283, V 286). Both names are Christian.
The archaeological context of this find is unknown.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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