V 26. Cherson.Dedication of Aikaterine (?), late IV–Vth century C.E.
Monument
Type
Wall block.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.28.0, W.18.0, Th.16.0.
Additional description
Inset border along the top edge of the front. Broken off on the right and bottom, chipped.
Place of Origin
Cherson.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos). (?)
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Before 1961.
Modern location
Sevastopol, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 64/36504.
Autopsy
September 2008.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary. Alpha with slanting crossbar; rectangular epsilon.
Letterheights (cm)
2.5–2.8.
Text
Category
Dedication.
Date
Late IV–Vth century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
L1. Vinogradov2010, 142–143, № l.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost"><g ref="#stauros"/></supplied> Ὑπὲρ <supplied reason="lost">εὐχῆς</supplied>
<lb n="2"/>καὶ σ<supplied reason="lost">ωτηρίας</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">Αἰ</supplied><lb n="3" break="no"/>κατη<supplied reason="lost" cert="low">ρίνης</supplied>.
</ab>
</div>
Translation
For the [prayer and] s[alvation of Ai]kate[rine].
Commentary
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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