V 220. Eski-Kermen. Demonstrative inscription.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone (?).
Additional description
Unknown.
Place of Origin
Eski-Kermen.
Find place
Eski-Kermen.
Find context
West, Chapel of 1936.
Find circumstances
1937, excavations of N.I. Repnikov.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Unknown.
Letterheights (cm)
Unknown.
Text
Category
Demonstrative.
Date
Unknown.
Dating criteria
Not applicable.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Φῶς.
<lb n="2"/>Ζωή.
</ab>
</div> Translation
Light, life.
Commentary
The text of the inscription is recorded in the inventory of the photographic negatives from the Eski-Kermen expedition of 1937 (Manuscript Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences f. 2. op. 1, 1937, d. 183, l. 2 ob.). I was not able to locate the photograph itself. The text as recorded shows six letters: ΦΩΣΖΑΝ. Apparently, letters that are close in shape were mixed up: eta and nu, omega and alpha with a loop.
On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.C.b.
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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