V 102. Cherson. Inscribed panel, IV–VIth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Marble.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 5.0, W. 10.0, Th. 4.0.
Additional description
Acroterion at the top. In secondary use (?). Broken off on the left and bottom.
Place of Origin
Cherson.
Find place
Sevastopol (Chersonesos).
Find context
Near Tower XVI ("Zenon's tower")
Find circumstances
1908, excavations of K.K. Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich.
Modern location
Sevastopol, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 17924 (III/69).
Autopsy
May 1999, August 2001, September 2002, September 2003, September 2004, September 2005, September 2006, September 2007.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary style, lunate epsilon and sigma.
Letterheights (cm)
2.5.
Text
Category
Unknown.
Date
IV–VIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low">αὐτοκράτο</supplied>ρες
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
<lb/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div> Translation
[... autokrat]ors (?) ...
Commentary
Latyshev published this inscription twice, but without offering a reading (1909, 47, № 9; IOSPE I2 , 648). The material, the script and especially the acroterion (cf. V 7) suggest that it is a fragment of a monumental inscription, but its contents can be suggested only hypothetically.
Latyshev dated this inscription to the Roman period, but the rounded shapes of epsilon and sigma point more to Early Byzantine times, before the end of the VIth century.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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