V 95. Cherson.Liturgical inscription, IX-Х centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.10.0, W.9.5, Th.3.1.
Additional description
On the front is a relief cross (H 0,5). Broken on all sides.
Place of Origin
Cherson.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
North-east, byzantine layer.
Find circumstances
1908, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper
Modern location
Sevastopol, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 35122.
Autopsy
May 1999, August 2001, September 2002, September 2003, September 2004, September 2005, September 2006, September 2007.
Epigraphic field
Position
To the left of the vertical of the cross.
Lettering
Lapidary. Alpha with broken crossbar (?). Ligature: mu-eta-nu.
Letterheights (cm)
1.7.
Text
Category
Liturgical inscription.
Date
IX-Х centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
L1. Latyshev1912, 68, № 17.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
<lb n="2"/><orig><unclear>Ο</unclear>ΡΙ</orig>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>, <supplied reason="lost">ἀ</supplied>μήν.
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
1-2: Δόξα πατ]ρὶ [καὶ υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι, ἀ]μήνLatyshev
Translation
...a]men.
Commentary
The monument is most likely a panel from an altar screen bearing a dedication that ended with the word "amen." The use of ligatures points to a Middle Byzantine date.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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