V 294. Pantikapaion. Epitaph of Felix, IV-Vth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Soft limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 43.0, W. 50.0, Th. 6.5.

Additional description

Broken into 4 parts. 

Place of Origin

Pantikapaion. 

Find place

Kerch. 

Find context

Glinishche, close to the cottage of K. Woerle. 

Find circumstances

March 1898, chance find 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary. Rectangular epsilon, theta and omicron, rounded phi. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.0–9.0.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

IV-Vth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Place of finding, type of gravestone. 

Editions

L1. Shkorpil 1900, 60, № 3; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets 1995, № 37. 

Edition

⳨ Ἐνθά̣δε κατ-
άκιτε ὁ δοῦ-
λος τοῦ Θ(εο)ῦ Φ-
ῆλιξ.

Diplomatic

⳨ΕΝΘ.ΔΕΚΑΤ
ΑΚΙΤΕΟΔΟΥ
ΛΟΣΤΟΥΘΥΦ
ΗΛΙΞ

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Translation

Here lies a servant of God, Felix.

 

Commentary

The inscription was published without a drawing or photograph.

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

3–4. The name Felix, previously unknown in Bosporus, is attested in Christian times in V 302. (in Christian inscriptions elsewhere - 10 times, according to PHI 7 Database).

Due to the lack of photograph and drawing (Shkorpil's representation of script is quite approximate), our opinion about the date is based on the physical description and the place of find - Christian cemetery at Glinishche. The following monuments were found in vicinity of ours: V 267, V 269, V 273, V 280, V 281, V 291.

 

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