V 333. Hermonassa. Epitaph of Platonis (?), IV–Vth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Soft limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 26.0, W. 14.0–23.0, Th. 11.0–13.0.

Additional description

Classical (?) stele (in secondary use), resembles a mutilated cross. Broken at the bottom (?). 

Place of Origin

Hermonassa. 

Find place

Taman, vicinity. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Before December 1907. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary; letters filled in with ochre. Alpha with straight crossbar (?), lambda with extended vertical. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.0–7.0.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

IV–Vth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Marti 1910, 12, №2; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets 1995, 27; 1.2. Vinogradov 2010a, 159. 

Edition

Πλατ-
ωνὶ[ς]
ἔν[θα]
[κατά?-]
5[κειται]

Diplomatic

ΠΛΑΤ
ΩΝΙ[.]
ΕΝ[..]
[....-]
5[......]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/>Πλατ<lb n="2" break="no"/>ωνὶ<supplied reason="lost">ς</supplied>
      <lb n="3"/>ἔν<supplied reason="lost">θα</supplied>
      <lb n="4"/><supplied reason="lost" cert="low">κατά</supplied><lb n="5" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">κειται</supplied>
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Apparatus criticus

1-5: Πλάτωνι ἐν[... Marti, Diatroptov

Translation

Platonis [lies (?)] he[re].

 

Commentary

The inscription was purchased from I. Pekerev in December 1907. Marti judged it to be Christian on the basis of script, but due to the loss of the monument, it is now impossible to confirm or dismiss his opinion.

For the reconstructed formula, cf. V 73.

The name Platonis is known in a Christian inscription from Pessinus (Strubbe 1983, 232). In classical antiquity, the name is epigraphically attested 7 times, in three of which it is used as a nickname.

 

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