V 271. Pantikapaion.Epitaph of Arsinos, 2nd half of the IVth - Vth century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone.
Additional description
Of uneven shape, especially the left side. The cavity in the centre of the front predates the inscription.
Place of Origin
Pantikapaion.
Find place
Kerch.
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
1911.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary, rectangular letters. Alpha with broken crossbar, delta with projecting right hasta.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
2nd half of the IVth - Vth century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
L1. Marti1913, 71, № 164; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, № 9.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> Ἐνθάδ
<lb n="2" break="no"/>ε <expan><abbr>κατάκιτ</abbr><ex>αι</ex></expan>
<lb n="3"/>Ἀ<space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>ρσῖ<lb n="4" break="no"/>νος. <g ref="#stauros"/>
</ab>
</div>Translation
Here lies Arsinos.
Commentary
The inscription was originally published with the photograph, which is preserved at the Photo Archive of the Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences (О.90.3). Marti dates the inscription to the Early Byzantine period, while Diatroptov and Yemets (apparently, paraphrasing Marti) date it to the V-VIth centuries. A combination of broken crossbar and rectangular lettershapes points to the second half of the IVth or Vth century C.E. (see Introduction IV.2.A.b).
1–2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.d.
The name Arsinos is attested in Christian inscriptions (in Latin) only in IG XIV 453 (Catania, 3rd quarter of the IVth century), and its female variant Arsina - in SEG 35.1347. Vacat in the middle of the name is due to a cavity in the stone surface.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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