V 276. Pantikapaion.Epitaph of Theodora, IV-Vth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.46.0, W.30.0, Th.13.0.
Additional description
On the front - the area for the inscription was planed in preparation. Top left corner is damaged, the left side is chipped and blackened, possibly as a result of fire.
Place of Origin
Pantikapaion.
Find place
Kerch.
Find context
Glinishche (?).
Find circumstances
1894.
Modern location
Kerch, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Historical and Archeological Museum of Kerch State Historical and Cultural Preserve, КЛ–545.
Autopsy
May 1999, September 2004, September 2008.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary; letters are carved and filled in with ochre. Alpha with broken crossbar, rectangular epsilon, theta and omicron, rho with a triangular loop.
Letterheights (cm)
3.2–4.7.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
IV-Vth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
L1. Shkorpil1895, 180, № 6; 1.1. Latyshev1896, 92, № 91; 1.1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, № 18.
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<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> Ἐνθά<lb n="2" break="no"/>δε <expan><abbr>κα</abbr><ex>τάκει</ex><abbr>τε</abbr></expan>
<lb n="3"/>Θεδόρα.
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</div>Apparatus criticus
3: Θεοδ(ώ)ραShkorpil,Latyshev,Diatroptov
Translation
Here lies Theodora.
Commentary
The inscription was acquired for the collection of the Melek-Chesmen Tumulus Museum in 1894 (Minutes of Meetings, Odessa Society for History and Antiquities, 280, 27.10.1894. С. 8, № 11).
1–2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.d.
3. The name Theodora (here Thedora) is a female variant of Theodoros, very common in Early Christian inscriptions of Bosporus (see commentary to V 275). The syncope of -o-, unknown in Bosporus, has parallels in Christian epigraphy, and specifically in the names compound with Θεο- (I.Cret. IV 284b; Agnello 1953, № 50).
See also commentary to V 267.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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