V 300. Pantikapaion.Epitaph of Tiginagas, IV-Vth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Shell-rock. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.80.0, W.46.0, Th.15.0.

Additional description

On the front - Latin cross, probably with suspended alpha and omega, painted over with red paint. The cross is cut away. 

Place of Origin

Pantikapaion. 

Find place

Kerch. 

Find context

Glinishche, near the Aleksandrovskaya School (area of modern Petr Korolyov Street). 

Find circumstances

February 1900, chance find. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

In upper corners between the arms of the cross.  

Lettering

Lapidary, deeply incised letters. Rectangular sigma.  

Letterheights (cm)

5.0–7.0.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

IV-Vth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Type of gravestone. 

Editions

L1. Shkorpil1901, 70, № 10; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, № 31. 

Edition

Τιγινα-
γας.

Diplomatic

ΤΙΓΙΝΑ
ΓΑΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Τιγινα<lb n="2" break="no"/>γας.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Tiginagas.

 

Commentary

On alpha and omega suspended from a cross, see commentary to V 296. The deceased bears a non-Greek name.

 

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