V 26. Cherson. Dedication of Aikaterine (?), late IV–Vth century C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall block. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 28.0, W. 18.0, Th. 16.0.

Additional description

Inset border along the top edge of the front. Broken off on the right and bottom, chipped.  

Place of Origin

Cherson. 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). (?) 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Before 1961. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 64/36504. 

Autopsy

September 2008. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary. Alpha with slanting crossbar; rectangular epsilon. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.5–2.8.

Text

Category

Dedication. 

Date

Late IV–Vth century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Vinogradov 2010, 142–143, № l. 

Edition

[+] Ὑπὲρ [εὐχῆς]
καὶ σ[ωτηρίας Αἰ-]
κατη[ρίνης?].

Diplomatic

[.]ΥΠΕΡ[.....]
ΚΑΙΣ[.........-]
ΚΑΤΗ[.....]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Translation

For the [prayer and] s[alvation of Ai]kate[rine].

 

Commentary

1-2. On the formula, see IV.3.B.e.

The Christian name Aikaterine (Catherine) is not attested elsewhere in the Northern Black Sea region. On the pronunciation of eta, see commentary to V 61.

Alpha with slanting crossbar points to the end of the IV-Vth centuries.

 

Images

 Photograph of face (from ??)

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