V 312. Pantikapaion.Epitaph of Oustanos, son of Nikephoros, IVth century C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Coarse-grained limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.25.0, W.13.0–15.0, Th.11.0.

Additional description

Stele with a rounded top. Chipped on the left and bottom. 

Place of Origin

Pantikapaion. 

Find place

Kerch. 

Find context

Between the road to Tsarski (Royal) Tumulus and the estate of M. Semenova, tumulus, tomb in the northern field. 

Find circumstances

2 September 1910, excavations of V.V. Shkorpil. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary; letters are deeply cut and filled with ochre. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.0–6.0.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

IVth century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, orthography. 

Editions

L1. Shkorpil1911, 104, № 17; 1.1. КБНCIRB 742; 1.2. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, № 25. 

Edition

Οὐ-
στά-
νου
Νει-
5κηφό-
ρου.

Diplomatic

ΟΥ
ΣΤΑ
ΝΟΥ
ΝΕΙ
5ΚΗΦΟ
ΡΟΥ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/>Οὐ<lb n="2" break="no"/>στά<lb n="3" break="no"/>νου
      <lb n="4"/>Νει<lb n="5" break="no"/>κηφό<lb n="6" break="no"/>ρου.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Of Oustanos, son of Nikephoros.

 

Commentary

A photo of the estampage is preserved at the Manuscript Archive of the Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences (III–11599). The inscription can be cautiously considered Christian because it was found in a grave together with a small stone bearing three crosses on its three sides.

1–3. The name Oustanos is attested in Bosporus two more times (CIRB 1278 and 330).

4–6. The name Nikephoros (here Neikephoros) is attested in Bosporus six times (see CIRB 887).

 

Images

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