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. Marti1911, 4–5, № 1; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, № 17. 

Edition

Ἐνθά-
δε κα-
τάκιτε
Θεοδ-
5όσις.

Diplomatic

ΕΝΘΑ
ΔΕΚΑ
ΤΑΚΙΤΕ
ΘΕΟΔ
5ΟΣΙΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <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.
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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

(cc)© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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