V 308. Pantikapaion. Inscription of Eutychis and Phannes, IV-VIth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall. 

Material

Clay. 

Additional description

Burial vault. Damages in a few places. 

Place of Origin

Pantikapaion. 

Find place

Kerch. 

Find context

Feodosia Road, estate of Grigoriev, burial vault, dromos. 

Find circumstances

1893, excavations of Yu.A. Kulakovsky. 

Modern location

Kerch. 

Institution and inventory

In situ (?), no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Under the niche, to the right of the central couch of the first chamber. 

Lettering

Graffito. 

Text

Category

Commemoration. 

Date

IV-VIth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

General appearance. 

Editions

L1. Kulakovsky 1894, 89. 

Edition

Εὐτύχης.
Φάννης.
...

Diplomatic

ΕΥΤΥΧΗΣ
ΦΑΝΝΗΣ
...

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Εὐτύχης.
      <lb n="2"/>Φάννης.
      <lb n="3"/><gap reason="ellipsis"/>
   </ab>
   </div> 

Translation

Eutychis, Phannes...

 

Commentary

The inscription was published without an image.

The names could belong to those buried in the catacomb, but the placement outside the burial chamber rather suggests that they belong to either visitors or builders.

1. The name Eutychis (here Eutyches) is attested in Bosporus both in classical antiquity (four times, see CIRB 868, 903), and in Christian epigraphy of the Northern Black Sea region (e.g., Wessel 1989, № 259, 567, 795, 859, 995, 1095, 1630–1632; ICUR 314, 4730, 7204, 26046b, 26500; Grégoire 1929, № 210; IdC 89).

2. Phannes is a purely Bosporan, and very popular, name: it is attested about 20 times in CIRB (see Tokhtasiev 2000, 147).

 

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