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. Shkorpil1900, 60, № 3; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, № 37.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#staurogram"/> Ἐνθ<unclear>ά</unclear>δε κατ
<lb n="2" break="no"/>άκιτε ὁ δοῦ
<lb n="3" break="no"/>λος τοῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>Θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr> </expan></roleName> Φ
<lb n="4" break="no"/>ῆλιξ.
</ab>
</div>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.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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