V 274. Pantikapaion. Epitaph of Theodosis, IV–Vth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Close-coarsed limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 84.0, W. 43.0, Th. 12.0.
Additional description
On the front - small carved cross filled with ochre, with short top arm ending in a triple fork, and other arms with simple forked ends. Fully preserved.
Place of Origin
Pantikapaion.
Find place
Kerch.
Find context
Glinishche, garden of Francesca.
Find circumstances
Before 1908.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the sides and below the cross.
Lettering
Lapidary; letters painted with ochre. Alpha with broken crossbar, delta with projecting right hasta, rectangular epsilon, theta, omicron, and sigma, kappa with extended vertical.
Letterheights (cm)
6.0–9.0.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
IV–Vth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
L1. Marti 1911, 4–5, № 1; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets 1995, № 17.
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<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἐνθά<lb n="2" break="no"/>δε κα<lb n="3" break="no"/>τάκιτε
<lb n="4"/>Θεοδ<lb n="5" break="no"/>όσις.
</ab>
</div> Translation
Here lies Theodosis.
Commentary
The inscription was acquired for the collection of the Melek-Chesmen Tumulus Museum from an antiques dealer I. Pekerev on December 27, 1908. He was the source of information about the monuments' find spot. The photograph published here is preserved at the Photo Archive of the Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences (O.90.1, Q. 759.39; II–88282, I–90985).
1–3. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.d.
The name Theodosios, common in Christian epigraphy, is also attested in Bosporus in classical antiquity: CIRB 36, 65, 1140. On the transition of endings in -ιος to -ις, see Tokhtasiev 2007.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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