V 127. Kermenchik.Epitaph of Kalanitza, 1347 C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.114.5, W.31.5, Th.8.5.
Additional description
On the front - Latin cross with flaring arms on the Golgotha within inset panel with two ormamental bands and another inset panel (25x19 cm) below. On the back - a "string" course. Broken in two parts.
Place of Origin
Kermenchik.
Find place
Vysokoe.
Find context
4 km from Ashaga-Kermenchik, St. John the Baptist church, necropolis.
Find circumstances
1915-1916, survey of M.I. Skubetov.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
In the bottom cavity.
Lettering
Unknown.
Letterheights (cm)
1.5–1.7.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
1347 C.E.
Dating criteria
Explicit date.
Editions
L1. Latyshev1918, 40, № 9.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/><expan><abbr>Ἐκοιμίθ</abbr><ex>η</ex></expan>
<lb n="2"/>ἱ δούλη
τοῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
Κα<lb n="3" break="no"/>λανη<supplied reason="lost">τ</supplied>ζα <date>μινὶ
<lb n="4"/><rs type="month" ref="apr">Ἀπρηλήο</rs> εἰς <num value="15">ιε</num>,
<lb n="5"/>ἔτους <num value="6855">ςωνε</num></date>.
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
4: εἰς τὰ ιε´Latyshev
Translation
Fell asleep: a servant of God, Kalanitza, on the 15th of April, in the year 6855.
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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