V 51. Cherson.Invocation, IX–Xth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Pedestal. 

Material

Sarmatian stage limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.26.0, W.35.0, Th.unknown.

Additional description

Stepped pedestal for a grave stele (with two clamps on the sides: one swallow-tail-shaped, and another L-shaped) in secondary use: used in wall masonry. Condition unknown.  

Place of Origin

Cherson. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Tower XVII, {inner ashlaring}, sixth row from the top. 

Find circumstances

1961, survey of I.A. Antonova. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 21/36504. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary; angular letters. 

Letterheights (cm)

5.0–10.0.

Text

Category

Invocative inscription. 

Date

IX–Xth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Solomonik1971, 250–253. 

Edition

Κύ(ριε), βοήθ(ει).

Diplomatic

ΚΥΒΟΗΘ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Κύ</abbr><ex>ριε</ex></expan></roleName>,
      <expan><abbr>βοήθ</abbr><ex>ει</ex></expan>.
      </ab>
   </div>

Translation

O Lord, help.

 

Commentary

On the formula, see IV.3.E.a. The shape of beta is similar to V 46 and V 50.

 

Images

 Drawing of face

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