V 85. Cherson.Epitaph of Zouzea, Midilabada (?), and others, IV–Vth century C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall. 

Material

Plaster. 

Additional description

Damaged at the bottom. 

Place of Origin

Cherson. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

Extramural Cruciform Church, northeast corner, Burial vault 1431, over the right niche. 

Find circumstances

1902, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich. 

Modern location

In situ. 

Institution and inventory

In situ, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Fragment1

Dimensions (cm)

H.21.0, W.42.0.

Fragment2

Dimensions (cm)

H.27.0, W.63.0.

Epigraphic field 1

Position

Over Text 2. 

Lettering

Graffiti. Alpha with a loop, and with straight crossbar (Text 2), elongated beta, zeta, and rho, beta with vertically spaced loops, mu with slanting outer hastae. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5–7.0.

Epigraphic field 2

Position

Below Text 1. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0–5.5.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

IV–Vth century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography, archaeological context. 

Editions

L1. Vinogradov2009, 3 227–229; 1.2. Vinogradov2010, 123–124, № с. 

Edition

1
+ Ζουζηα, Μι-
διλαβαδα (?), Κα-
μυάρκα (?).
2
+ Κα-
.ηα,
.οση[α],
.οσμ.νη[α],
5Τανιυ[α].

Diplomatic

1
+ΖΟΥΖΗΑΜΙ
ΔΙΛΑΒΑΔΑ(?)ΚΑ
ΜΥΑΡΚΑ(?)
2
+ΚΑ
·ΗΑ
·ΟΣΗ[.]
·ΟΣΜ·ΝΗ[.]
5ΤΑΝΙΥ[.]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="1">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> Ζουζηα, 
      Μι<lb n="2" break="no"/>διλαβαδα <certainty locus="value" match=".." cert="low"/>,
      Κα<lb n="3" break="no"/>μυάρκα <certainty locus="value" match=".." cert="low"/>.
      </ab>
   </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="section" n="2">
      <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> Κα<lb n="2" break="no"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>ηα,
      <lb n="3"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><seg part="F">οση<supplied reason="lost">α</supplied></seg>,
      <lb n="4"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><seg part="F">οσμ<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>νη<supplied reason="lost">α</supplied></seg>,
      <lb n="5"/>Τανιυ<supplied reason="lost">α</supplied>.
      </ab>
   </div>

Translation

1

Zouzea, Midilabada (?), Kamyarka (?).

2

Ka[.]ea, [.]osea, [.]osm[.]nea, Taniya.

 

Commentary

The burial vault was apparently filled in after the excavation. Except for reading non-Greek female names in both texts, no other possibility presents itself. Text 1 was inscribed over fresh plaster, while Text 2 - over dry plaster (Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich 1906, 82–83, figs. 88, 89); in addition, in Text 2, alpha with straight crossbar is used (ср. V 6).

 

Images

 Drawing of face 1 Drawing of face 2

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