V 321. Bosporus.Epitaph of L–ion–, VIII-IXth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Column. 

Material

Proconnesian marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.288.0, Diam.45.5.

Additional description

The surface is badly weathered, the text can no longer be read from the stone. 

Place of Origin

Bosporus. 

Find place

Kerch. 

Find context

Church of St. John the Baptist, south-western column, eastern side. 

Find circumstances

1836, survey of N.N. Murzakevich. 

Modern location

Kerch. 

Institution and inventory

In situ, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

September 2008. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary, lambda with projecting right hasta. Ligature: mu-eta, tau-omicron-upsilon. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

VIII-IXth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Architectural context. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev1896, 95, № 94. 

Edition

Ἔν[θα] ἐκοιμήθη ὁ
[δοῦ]λος τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ
Λ[..]ιον[---].

Diplomatic

ΕΝ[..]ΕΚΟΙΜΗΘΗΟ
[...]ΛΟΣΤΟΥΘΥ
Λ[··]ΙΟΝ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Ἔν<supplied reason="lost">θα</supplied> ἐκοιμήθη ὁ
      <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">δοῦ</supplied>λος τοῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
      <lb n="3"/>Λ<gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/>ιον<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: Ἐν[θάδε]Latyshev
3: Λ…ιον...Latyshev

Translation

Here fell asleep a servant of God L..ion.

 

Commentary

In Murzakevich's publication (1844, 626) the description of this inscription is accompanied by the text of V 335, which is a mistake. The photo published here is at the Photo Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences (III–12720).

1. Latyshev restored Ἐν[θάδε], but judging by the reconstruction of line 2, there is not enough space for such a long word.

1–2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e.

3. The only possible restoration of the name seems to be Λυκίων, but no such Christian name is attested.

For the architectural context, see commentary to V 316.

 

Images

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