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Unpublished.
<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
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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