V 289. Pantikapaion.Epitaph of Gennaios, Trophimos and Adyita (?), IV-Vth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.47.0, W.36.0, Th.9.0.
Additional description
The top right and bottom left corners are broken off.
Place of Origin
Pantikapaion.
Find place
Kerch.
Find context
Glinishche, yard of Iochanyuk.
Find circumstances
February 1875, chance find.
Modern location
Kerch, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Historical and Archeological Museum of Kerch State Historical and Cultural Preserve, КЛ–546.
Autopsy
September 2008.
Epigraphic field 1
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary. Alpha with a broken crossbar, delta and lambda with upwards protruding right hastae, rectangular epsilon, theta, omicron and sigma.
Letterheights (cm)
3.0–4.0.
Text 1
Category
Epitaph.
Date
IV-Vth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
L1. Stefani1879, 216; 1.2. Kulakovsky1891, 29, № 3; 2. Latyshev1896, 91–92, № 90; 2.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, № 11.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> Ἐνθάδε
<lb n="2"/>κατάκιτ<lb n="3" break="no"/>ε ὁ δοῦλο<lb n="4" break="no"/>ς τοῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>Θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
<lb n="5"/>Γεννε͂ος.
</ab>
</div>Translation
Here lies a servant of God, Gennaios.
Commentary
The inscription was transcribed by Latyshev at the Tsarski tumulus in 1883.
1. Line 1, in Latyshev's opinion, was cut earlier, although I think that Texts 2 and 3 were added later to Text 1. These are probably the names of people whose burials were added to the original grave. We should note that alpha with broken crossbar here occurs later than alpha with slanting crossbar.
1–4. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.d.
5. The name Gennaios (here Genneos) is not known in Bosporus. This classical name is also attested in Christian epigraphy (Humann 1888, № 22 (Hierapolis in Phrygia, V–VIth century); IG XIV, 2327.
Images
Epigraphic field 2
Position
Above text 1.
Lettering
Lapidary. Round and rectangular omicron, rectangular sigma. Delta with wide bottom.
Text 2
Category
Epitaph.
Date
IV-Vth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
L.1. Latyshev1896, 90; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, № 11.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="2">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Τρόφιμος <g ref="#stauros"/>
</ab>
</div>Translation
Trophimos.
Commentary
Stefani's transcription incorrectly represented Texts 2 and 3.
2. In the name Trophimos, see commentary to V 284.
Epigraphic field 3
Position
Above Text 1.
Lettering
Lapidary, kionedon. Delta with wide bottom.
Text 3
Category
Epitaph.
Date
IV-Vth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="3">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἀ
<lb n="2"/>δ
<lb n="3"/>υ
<lb n="4"/>ι
<lb n="5"/>τ
<lb n="6"/>α <certainty locus="value" match=".." cert="low"/>.
</ab>
</div>Translation
Adyita (?).
Commentary
Stefani's transcription incorrectly represented Texts 2 and 3. The meaning of letters in Text 3 was also unclear to Latyshev.
The name Adyita, which has no parallels, is restored hypothetically.
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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