V 281. Pantikapaion. Epitaph of Stephanos, IVth century C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 39.0, W. 29.0, Th. 14.0.
Additional description
On the back - casually carved cross. Weathered, broken off on the right, cracked on the bottom front.
Place of Origin
Pantikapaion.
Find place
Kerch.
Find context
Glinishche, garden of K. Woerle.
Find circumstances
4 May 1897, chance find.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary. Alpha with broken crossbar, rectangular epsilon, theta, omicron, sigma, and phi, the latter is also elongated. Abbreviation mark.
Letterheights (cm)
4.0–6.0.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
IVth century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography, archaeological context.
Editions
L1. Shkorpil 1898a, 208, № 18; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets 1995, № 29.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> <expan><abbr>Ἐν<lb n="2" break="no"/>θάδ</abbr><ex>ε</ex></expan>
<lb n="3"/><expan><abbr>κ</abbr><ex>ατάκειται</ex></expan> Στ<lb n="4" break="no"/>έφα<lb n="5" break="no"/>νος.
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
1-2: Ἐνθάδ[ε] Shkorpil, Diatroptov
3: κ(ατάκει)ται Shkorpil, Diatroptov
Translation
Here lies Stephanos.
Commentary
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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