V 139. Fot-Sala.Epitaph of an unknown, XIII–XIVth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
"Single-horned" tombstone.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.11.0, W.18.0, Th.unknown.
Additional description
"Single-horned" tombstone with a rosette on one side and a niche on the front. Broken on the left.
Place of Origin
Fot-Sala.
Find place
Golubinka.
Find context
1.5km to the northeast, area Civizlik, Kilse-bair Tract, church, apse, rubble heap.
Find circumstances
1914, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
In the niche.
Lettering
Lapidary; slanting letters of varying height, late minuscule. Delta with extended horizontal raised to mid-letterheight. Ligature omicron-upsilon.
Letterheights (cm)
1.2–1.5.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
XIII–XIVth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Archaeological context.
Editions
L1. Latyshev1916, 1–2, № 1, fig. 1.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><date><supplied reason="lost">Ἔτους
<num atLeast="6001">ς<gap reason="ellipsis"/></num>
μηνὶ</supplied>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F">είου</w> εἰς
<num value="16">ι<unclear>ς</unclear></num></date>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><w part="F"><supplied reason="lost">φ</supplied>θόνῳ</w>
<w part="I">παρεκοδο</w><lb n="4" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<supplied reason="lost">Βα</supplied>σ<supplied reason="lost">ι</supplied>λέου
<note>?</note>, ὡ δοῦλος
<lb n="5"/>τοῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
<supplied reason="lost"><expan><ex>καὶ</ex></expan></supplied>
<expan><abbr>πν</abbr><ex>ευματ</ex><abbr>ικός</abbr></expan>
</ab>
</div>
Apparatus criticus
1-4: ἔτους ... (?)Latyshev
5: (καί): om.Latyshev
Translation
[In the year], 16th of..., jealousy..., Basileios, servant of God and a spiritual (man).
Commentary
In publishing the inscription, Latyshev relied on an estampage made by Skubetov. My readings are based on the published drawing and are very hypothetical.
5. The word πν(ευματ)ικός could here be referring to someone of clerical status.
The inscription is strikingly similar to V 121 from Bakla: the script is the same and the border on the right is of the same width.
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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