V 39. Cherson.Demonstrative inscription, late XI – early XIIth century C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall block. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.30.0, W.20.0, Th.15.0.

Additional description

On the front is an incised cross with rays between the arms. Broken off at the top (?). The front right corner and the bottom front edge are also broken off; dents on the front surface. 

Place of Origin

Cherson. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Southern district, water reservoir, north of the reservoir, room 7. 

Find circumstances

2001, excavations of L.V. Sedikova. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 66/37363. 

Autopsy

May 1999, August 2001, September 2002, September 2003, September 2004, September 2005, September 2006, September 2007. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Around the cross. 

Lettering

Lapidary. Kappa with elongated curved lower diagonal; phi with elongated vertical. 

Letterheights (cm)

5.0–8.0.

Text

Category

Demonstrative. 

Date

Late XI – early XIIth century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Archaeological context. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

Φ(ῶ?)ς.
Χ̣Κ

Diplomatic

ΦΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Φ</abbr><ex cert="low">ῶ</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan>.
      <lb n="2"/><orig><unclear>Χ</unclear>Κ</orig>
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Light.

 

Commentary

1. On the formula, see IV.3.C.c.

2. The meaning of the second line is not clear: perhaps chi under phi is connected with the traditional formula ΦΧΦΠ (see IV.3.C.a).

The monument is a keystone from an arch of a private house, dating to the end of the XIth - beginning of the XIIth century, and destroyed in the first half of the XIIIth century.

 

Images

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