V 325. Phanagoreia. Invocation of Kyriakos.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 35.0.
Additional description
Unknown.
Place of Origin
Phanagoreia.
Find place
Sennoy.
Find context
East, necropolis, second trench, near the "extended soil heap".
Find circumstances
1853, excavations of K.R. Begichev.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown, I.
Autopsy
May 1999, September 2004, September 2008.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Graffito (?).
Text
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
Unknown.
Dating criteria
Not applicable.
Editions
L1. Gerts 1876, 86; 1.1. Latyshev 1896, 113–114, № 104; 1.2. Vinogradov 2010a, 158-159.
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βοήθη τὸν
<lb n="3"/>δοῦλον σοῦ Κυρηα<lb n="4" break="no"/>κὸν ναύκλη<supplied reason="lost">ρ</supplied>ο<supplied reason="lost">ν</supplied>
καὶ
<lb n="5"/><supplied reason="lost">τ</supplied>ο͂ν ναυτο͂ν ὅλων <expan><ex>καὶ</ex></expan>
<lb n="6"/>Γεωργήου <expan cert="low"><ex>ἀμα</ex><abbr>ρτολοῦ</abbr></expan>
<lb n="7"/><orig>Ρ</orig>
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</div> Apparatus criticus
1: [ΙΣ. Χ]Σ. Latyshev
3-4: Κυριακὸν τὸν Gerts
5-6: τὸν ναύτην... Gerts; [ἀμ]α[ρ]τ{ομ}ωλόν, (υ)ἱ(ὸν ?) Γεωργ(ίο)υ Latyshev
Translation
Lord, help your servant Kyriakos, a captain, and all sailors, and George, a sinner.
Commentary
In preparing his edition, Latyshev relied on the transcription of Gerts, where several letterforms were incorrectly represented. It was Gerts who dated the inscription to "Christian times" - but due to the lack of images (drawing or photograph), it is not possible to say anything more precise about the date.
2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.E.a.
3. On the name Kyriakos (here Kyreakos), see commentary to V 72.
4-5. Invocations of sailors are relatively common in Byzantine epigraphy: they are often associated with a special venerated place (see Kourtzian 2000, 135–200).
6. George (here Georgeos), mentioned separately from the sailors, was probably the author of the inscription.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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