V 311. Pantikapaion. Epitaph (?) of –phi–, IV–Vth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 32.0, W. 16.0, Th. 8.0.
Additional description
The front is planed and smooth. Broken on all sides, except the bottom.
Place of Origin
Pantikapaion.
Find place
Kerch (?).
Find context
Unknown (?).
Find circumstances
Unknown.
Modern location
Kerch, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Historical and Archeological Museum of Kerch State Historical and Cultural Preserve, КЛ–549.
Autopsy
September 2004.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary. Round sigma and phi.
Letterheights (cm)
5.3–9.3.
Text
Category
Epitaph (?).
Date
IV–Vth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="I">φι</w><lb n="2" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><supplied reason="lost">ο</supplied>ς</w>.
<g ref="#stauros"/>
</ab>
</div> Translation
...phi...
Commentary
It is impossible to reconstruct the formula of this inscription. Most likely, there was a name before the cross at the end. The cross at least indicates that it was a Christian inscription.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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