V 311. Pantikapaion.Epitaph (?) of –phi–, IV–Vth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.32.0, W.16.0, Th.8.0.

Additional description

The front is planed and smooth. Broken on all sides, except the bottom. 

Place of Origin

Pantikapaion. 

Find place

Kerch (?). 

Find context

Unknown (?). 

Find circumstances

Unknown. 

Modern location

Kerch, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

Historical and Archeological Museum of Kerch State Historical and Cultural Preserve, КЛ–549. 

Autopsy

September 2004. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary. Round sigma and phi. 

Letterheights (cm)

5.3–9.3.

Text

Category

Epitaph (?). 

Date

IV–Vth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

---φι-
[---ο]ς. +

Diplomatic

---ΦΙ
[---.]Σ+

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="I">φι</w><lb n="2" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><supplied reason="lost">ο</supplied>ς</w>.
      <g ref="#stauros"/>
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

...phi...

 

Commentary

It is impossible to reconstruct the formula of this inscription. Most likely, there was a name before the cross at the end. The cross at least indicates that it was a Christian inscription.

 

Images

(cc)© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)