V 49. Cherson.Invocation of Trophimos, Vth century C.E.
Monument
Type
Cornice (?).
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.13.0, W.113.0, Th.58.0.
Additional description
Chipped on the front.
Place of Origin
Cherson.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos). (?)
Find context
Chersonesos, citadel, spoil heap from the excavations of I.A. Antonova.
Find circumstances
1980s, chance find by S.G. Ryzhov.
Modern location
Sevastopol, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 56/36504.
Autopsy
May 1999, August 2001, September 2002, September 2003, September 2004, September 2005, September 2006, September 2007.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary. Rectangular epsilon and theta. Ligature: omicron-upsilon.
Letterheights (cm)
3.5–7.
Text
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
Vth century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><roleName>Κύριε</roleName>, βοήθη <unclear>τοῦ</unclear> <unclear>δούλου</unclear> <unclear>σου</unclear> Τροφίμ<unclear>ου</unclear>.
</ab>
</div>Translation
O Lord, help your servant Trophimos.
Commentary
On the formula, see IV.3.E.a. The name Trophimos is not known in Cherson, but was widely used in Early Byzantine Bosporos (see V 284, V 285, V 289, V 301, V 331). This might also explain the presence of a rectangular theta, not common in Cherson, but attested in Bosporos (cf. V 278, V 281).
Judging by the fact that the inscription is made on an architectural member, the author might have been a ktitor. The building from which the stone originates is not known, but it was most likely a church.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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