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. Latyshev 1912, 68, № 17. 

Edition

[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
Ο̣ΡΙ
[---], [ἀ]μήν.

Diplomatic

[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
.ΡΙ
[---.]ΜΗΝ

EpiDoc (XML)

<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]μήν Latyshev

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

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