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. 

Edition

[Ἔτους ͵ς ... ´ μηνὶ]
[---]είου εἰς ις̣´
[---φ]θόνῳ παρεκοδο-
[--- Βα]σ[ι]λέου (?), ὡ δοῦλος
5τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ [(καὶ)] πν(ευματ)ικός

Diplomatic

[..........]
[---]ΕΙΟΥΕΙΣΙ.
[---.]ΘΟΝΩΠΑΡΕΚΟΔΟ
[---..]Σ[.]ΛΕΟΥ(?)ΩΔΟΥΛΟΣ
5ΤΟΥΘΥ[.]ΠΝΙΚΟΣ

EpiDoc (XML)

<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.

 

Images

 Drawing of face 1(from ??)

(cc)© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)