V 40. Cherson. Demonstrative inscription, VI–VIIth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Sandstone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 30.0, W. 27.0, Th. 17.5.

Additional description

Triangular slab. On the front is a line carving of a Latin cross with serifs. Broken off on the left. 

Place of Origin

Cherson. 

Find place

Unknown. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Unknown. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 89/36504. 

Autopsy

May 1999, August 2001, September 2002, September 2003, September 2004, September 2005, September 2006, September 2007. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On either side of the bottom arm of the cross. 

Lettering

Lapidary. Alpha with broken crossbar; closed rectangular omega.  

Letterheights (cm)

5.5–6.0.

Text

Category

Demonstrative. 

Date

VI–VIIth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

Α Ω.

Diplomatic

ΑΩ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Α Ω.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Alpha, omega.

 

Commentary

The use of the stone is unclear. On the formula, see IV.3.C.d. Rectangular omega is characteristic of the VI-VIIth centuries (cf. V 24).

 

Images

 Photograph of face (from ??)

(cc) © 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to the EpiDoc schema.)