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Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<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.
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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