V 291. Pantikapaion.Epitaph of Theodore, IV-Vth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Coarse-grained limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.49.0, W.33.0, Th.7.0.
Additional description
On the front - arched inset area with a relief cross; the edges of the inset area and the cross are painted dark red. Condition unknown.
Place of Origin
Pantikapaion.
Find place
Kerch.
Find context
Glinishche, garden of K. Woerle
Find circumstances
1st half of January 1898, chance find
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
Below the cross.
Lettering
Lapidary; letters filled in with ochre. Lunate epsilon.
Letterheights (cm)
2.0–2.5.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
IV-Vth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Type of gravestone.
Editions
L1. Shkorpil1901, 59–60, № 2; 1.1. Diatroptov, Yemets1995, № 20.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἐνθάδε κατ<unclear>ά</unclear><lb n="2" break="no"/>κιτε ὁ δοῦλος
<lb n="3"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName> Θε<surplus>θε</surplus>ώδ<lb n="4" break="no"/>ορος.
</ab>
</div>Translation
Here lies a servant of God, Theodore.
Commentary
The inscription was found together with V 273.
1–3. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.d.
3–4. On the name Theodore, see commentary to V 275. We should note dittography of one syllable (cf. V 277).
Although neither the monument, nor the transcription survive, the place and circumstance of the find, as well as the monument's physical description leave no doubt that it was a typical Bosporan tombstone of the IV-Vth centuries.
Images
© 2015 Andrey
Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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