V 84. Cherson.Epitaph of John, XI–XIIth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.19.0, W.23.0, Th.10.0.

Additional description

On the front is a crudely incised cross with tri-forked ends. Broken on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Cherson. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

1889–1891. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 84/36504. 

Autopsy

May 1999, August 2001, September 2002, September 2003, September 2004, September 2005, September 2006, September 2007. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Above the cross. 

Lettering

Lapidary. Alpha with vertical right hasta and horizontal top. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5–4.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

XI–XIIth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, form of the cross. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

Ἠοάνης.

Diplomatic

ΗΟΑΝΗΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Ἠοάνης.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

John.

 

Commentary

Latyshev twice (1892a, 37, № 31; 1896, №29) published a drawing of this inscription upside down, and therefore offered no reading. His mistake might have something to do with an expectation that a text should appear under rather than above the cross.

On the name John, see commentary to V 64.

The shape of the cross is similar to that of V 46.

 

Images

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