V 285. Pantikapaion.Epitaph of Trophimos, IVth century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.34.0, W.30.0, Th.13.0.

Additional description

Roughly hewn stele; on the front - images of three crosses. Broken at the bottom. 

Place of Origin

Pantikapaion. 

Find place

Kerch. 

Find context

Glinishche, Bratskaya (now Frunze) St., house no. 17, property of the widow of A. Bondarenko. 

Find circumstances

31 January, chance find. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary; letters filled with ochre. Alpha with broken crossbar; rectangular epsilon, theta, omicron and sigma, mu with short central hastae, lunate elongated phi. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0–3.0.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

IVth century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev1904, 87–88, № 102; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, № 33. 

Edition

+Ἐνθάδε κ-
ατάκιτε
Τρόφιμ-
ος.

Diplomatic

+ΕΝΘΑΔΕΚ
ΑΤΑΚΙΤΕ
ΤΡΟΦΙΜ
ΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/>Ἐνθάδε κ<lb n="2" break="no"/>ατάκιτε
      <lb n="3"/>Τρόφιμ<lb n="4" break="no"/>ος.
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   </div>

Translation

Here lies Trophimos.

 

Commentary

Yemets and Diatroptov do not explain why they date the inscription to the VIth century.

1–2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.d.

3–4. On the name Trophimos, see commentary to V 284.

 

Images

 Drawing of face 1(from ??)

(cc)© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)