V 96. Cherson.Liturgical inscription, IV–Vth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.10.0, W.16.0, Th.3.5.

Additional description

Polished panel with inset image. Broken on the top and left.  

Place of Origin

Cherson. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

North, Block XVII, Room 15, layer 2-3. 

Find circumstances

1940, excavations of G.D. Belov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 1/36126. 

Autopsy

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

Epigraphic field

Position

Within frame below the cross. 

Lettering

Lapidary style; elongated letters. Alpha with slightly slanted crossbar, lunate sigma; ligatures alpha-mu (?), eta-nu. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5.

Text

Category

Liturgical inscription. 

Date

IV–Vth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Vinogradov2010149–150, № o. 

Edition

[--- δ]ίκαιος, [ἀ]μήν resp. [---] καὶ [ὀσ]μήν

Diplomatic

[---.]ΙΚΑΙΟΣ[.]ΜΗΝ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
     <lb n="1"/><app type="alternative"><lem><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
     <supplied reason="lost">δ</supplied>ίκαιος,
     <supplied reason="lost">ἀ</supplied>μήν</lem>
     <rdg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> καὶ
     <supplied reason="lost">ὀσ</supplied>μήν</rdg></app>
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

...righteous, amen (or: and fragrance).

 

Commentary

The text cannot be securely restored. The inscription was found in the earth fill of a courtyard of a Medieval house (Belov, Yakobson 1953, 152).

The panel was meant to be fitted into slots. The cutter was rather meticulous: he drew lines not only for the text, but also for the image above it.

 

Images

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