V 75. Cherson. Epitaph of an unknown, VI–VIIth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 11.0, W. 19.0, Th. 11.0.

Additional description

Broken on all sides, except the top. 

Place of Origin

Cherson. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). (?) 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Before 1961. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 111/36504. 

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. Alpha with broken crossbar. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5–4.5.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

VI–VIIth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

[Ἐνθάδε κ]ατάκι[ται ὁ δεῖνα ---]

Diplomatic

[.......]ΑΤΑΚΙ[.........---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">Ἐνθάδε</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">κ</supplied>ατάκι<supplied reason="lost">ται</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">ὁ δεῖνα</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

[Here] lies [...]

 

Commentary

The first mention of the monument, in the inventory of 1961, lists it without any information on the circumstances of find. On the formula, see IV.3.F.d.

 

Images

 Photograph of face

(cc) © 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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