V 41. Cherson (?). Demonstrative inscription, IX–Xth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Proconnesian marble. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 38.0, W. 20.0, Th. 3.5.

Additional description

Polished front with crudely incised cross fourchée. Lightly chipped along the edges. 

Place of Origin

Cherson (?). 

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). (?) 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Unknown. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3496. 

Autopsy

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

Epigraphic field

Position

Above the top arm, and on either side of the bottom arm of the cross. 

Lettering

Lapidary. Alpha with broken crossbar. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5–6.0.

Text

Category

Demonstrative. 

Date

IX–Xth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Form of the cross. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev 1896, 30, № 22. 

Edition

(Μον)αχ(ός?).
Ἠ(ησοῦ)ς
νικᾷ
Χ(ριστό)ς.

Diplomatic

ΑΧ
ΗΣ
ΝΙΚΑ
ΧΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><expan><ex>Μον</ex><abbr>αχ</abbr><ex cert="low">ός</ex></expan>.
      <lb n="2"/><expan><abbr>Ἠ</abbr><ex>ησοῦ</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan>
      <lb n="3"/>νικᾷ
      <lb n="4"/><expan><abbr>Χ</abbr><ex>ριστό</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan>.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Monk (?). Jesus Christ is victorious.

 

Commentary

The function of this monument is unclear. The shape of the cross is similar to that on V 46, although the form of alpha (with broken crossbar) points to a somewhat earlier period (it was in use up to the early Xth century, see V 66).

1. On the formula, see Avi-Yonah 1941, 53.

2-4. On the formula, see IV.3.C.e.

 

Images

 Photograph of face

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