V 290. Pantikapaion.Epitaph of Euphrasia, IVth century C.E.
Monument
Type
Cross.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.27.0, W.28.0, Th.11.0.
Dimensions (cm)
H.24.0, W.25.0, Th.11.0.
Additional description
Latin cross with flaring arms. Broken in three parts, the middle is missing.
Place of Origin
Pantikapaion.
Find place
Kerch.
Find context
Glinishche, Bratskaya (modern Frunze) Street, house 19, garden of I.G. Chernyavsky.
Find circumstances
Late 1896, chance find.
Modern location
Odessa, Ukraine.
Institution and inventory
Odessa Archaeological Museum, 50371.
Autopsy
May 1999.
Epigraphic field
Position
Entire surface except the top arm.
Lettering
Lapidary. Alpha with broken and slanting crossbar and pointy apex, lunate and rectangular epsilon, kappa with extended vertical.
Letterheights (cm)
3.5–6.0.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
IVth century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Fr.1. L1. Latyshev1904, 89, № 105; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, 16. Fr.2. L1. Latyshev1904, 89–90, № 106; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, 85–86, № 16.
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<lb n="1"/>Ἐνθάδε
<lb n="2"/>κατάκειται
<lb n="3"/><unclear>ἡ</unclear> <unclear>δ</unclear><lb n="4" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ού</supplied><lb n="5" break="no"/><unclear>λη</unclear>
<lb n="6"/>τοῦ
<lb n="7"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
Ε<lb n="8" break="no"/>ὐφρα<supplied reason="lost">σία</supplied>.
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</div>Apparatus criticus
3-5: ὁ δοῦλος resp. ἡ δούλη]Latyshev1904
7-8: Εὐφρά[σιος resp. σίαLatyshev1904
Translation
Here lies a servant of God, Euphrasia.
Commentary
Both surviving parts were acquired from Mrs. Tulman, but not recognised as parts of one monument and published separately. Diatropov and Yemets also see the two fragments as one inscriptions, although mistakenly identifying the monument as panel, on the basis of the publication of Fragment 2. Latyshev failed to notice traces of line 3 on the top fragment, which allows to determine the gender of the deceased, and thus to reconstruct the ending of the name.
1–7. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.d.
7–8. The name Euphrasia is not known in Bosporus, but is attested in Christain inscriptions (e.g., ICUR 7205). In addition, four Christian martyresses of this name are known (see Delehaye 1902, 1087). On tombstones in the shape of a cross, see commentary to V 61.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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