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Unpublished. 

Edition

Κύριε, βοήθη τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ δ̣ο̣ύ̣λ̣ο̣υ̣ σ̣ο̣υ̣ Τροφίμο̣υ̣.

Diplomatic

ΚΥΡΙΕΒΟΗΘΗ............ΤΡΟΦΙΜ..

EpiDoc (XML)

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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

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