V 131. Kermenchik.Epitaph of Chatou, 1382–1383 C.E.
Monument
Type
Casket-shaped tombstone.
Material
Limestone.
Additional description
Grave monument in the shape of a casket with saddleback lid; on the front - a niche with pointed arch. Fully preserved.
Place of Origin
Kermenchik.
Find place
Vysokoe.
Find context
Church of Saints Kosmas and Damian, cemetery.
Find circumstances
Summer of 1898, survey of A.L. Bertye-Delagard.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On both sides of the niche.
Lettering
Lapidary. Mu with Y-shaped middle. Ligature omicron-upsilon.
Letterheights (cm)
3.0.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
1382–1383 C.E.
Dating criteria
Explicit date.
Editions
L1. Latyshev1898, 240–241, № 64е.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> Ἐκυμίθι ὑ δού
<lb n="2" break="no"/>λη τοῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName> Χ<supplied reason="lost">α</supplied>τού, <date>ἔτους
<lb n="3"/><num value="6891">ςωϞα</num></date>. <expan><abbr>Ἰω</abbr><ex>άννης</ex></expan>.
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
3: IMLatyshev
Translation
Fell asleep: a servant of God, Khatou, in the year 6891. John.
Commentary
Latyshev published this inscription relying on an estampage made by Bertye-Delagard. The photograph published here is preserved at the Photo Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences (II–44324, O.1529.73).
1-2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e.
2. A common Turkic name Сhatou has a male parallel Сhatais - V 141 (from Goryanka).
3. The name John at the end of the inscription is cut by the same hand, which belongs most likely to the person who was responsible for setting up the tombstone, or, less likely, to someone else who was also eventually buried in the same grave.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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