V 99a. Cherson.Inscription on templon architrave, IX-Xth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Templon architrave.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H.14.0, W.14.0, Th.15.5.
Additional description
Templon architrave, bearing relief ornament of palmettes enclosed within double circles. Broken on the left.
Place of Origin
Cherson.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 4226.
Autopsy
June 2014.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary style. Alpha with a loop, mu with sagging cross-loop.
Letterheights (cm)
1.2-1.7.
Text
Category
Uncertain (dedicatory, building or liturgical inscription).
Date
IX-Xth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">ιγμα</w>.
</ab>
</div>Translation
Commentary
The end of the inscription is preserved. Judging by its placement, on a templon architrave (that is, architrave of an altar screen, of the Middle Byzantine period), the inscription may have been building, dedicatory (cf. V 28, V 33) or liturgical in character. - ιγμα is certainly the ending of a neuter noun in the nominative or accusative case, but I have not been able to find a parallel for some such noun in Christian epigraphy.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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