V 291. Pantikapaion. Epitaph of Theodore, IV-Vth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Coarse-grained limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 49.0, W. 33.0, Th. 7.0.

Additional description

On the front - arched inset area with a relief cross; the edges of the inset area and the cross are painted dark red. Condition unknown. 

Place of Origin

Pantikapaion. 

Find place

Kerch. 

Find context

Glinishche, garden of K. Woerle 

Find circumstances

1st half of January 1898, chance find 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Below the cross. 

Lettering

Lapidary; letters filled in with ochre. Lunate epsilon. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0–2.5.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

IV-Vth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Type of gravestone. 

Editions

L1. Shkorpil 1901, 59–60, № 2; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets 1995, № 20. 

Edition

Ἐνθάδε κατά̣-
κιτε ὁ δοῦλος
Θ(εο)ῦ Θε{θε}ώδ-
ορος.

Diplomatic

ΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΑΤ.
ΚΙΤΕΟΔΟΥΛΟΣ
ΘΥΘΕΘΕΩΔ
ΟΡΟΣ

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Translation

Here lies a servant of God, Theodore.

 

Commentary

The inscription was found together with V 273.

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

3–4. On the name Theodore, see commentary to V 275. We should note dittography of one syllable (cf. V 277).

Although neither the monument, nor the transcription survive, the place and circumstance of the find, as well as the monument's physical description leave no doubt that it was a typical Bosporan tombstone of the IV-Vth centuries.

 

Images

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