V 152. Kalamita.Epitaph of Asatres (?), XIII–XVIIth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Rock wall. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.6.0, W.10.0.

Additional description

Damaged on the left. 

Place of Origin

Kalamita. 

Find place

Inkerman. 

Find context

Monastyrskaya rock, St. George church, over a grave. 

Find circumstances

1870s, survey of D.M. Strukov. 

Modern location

In situ (?). 

Institution and inventory

In situ (?), no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary; letters of unequal height, late minuscule. Ligatures. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.7–4.0

Text

Category

Funerary (?) inscription. 

Date

XIII–XVIIth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

[Ἐκοιμήθη ἡ δο]ύλη [τοῦ] θ(εο)[ῦ] Ασατρης
[---].

Diplomatic

[...........]ΥΛΗ[...]Θ[.]ΑΣΑΤΡΗΣ
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">Ἐκοιμήθη ἡ</supplied>
      <supplied reason="lost">δο</supplied>ύλη
      <supplied reason="lost">τοῦ</supplied>
      <roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr><supplied reason="lost">ῦ</supplied></abbr></expan></roleName>
      Ασατρης
      <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Fell asleep: the servant of God, Asatres (?)...

 

Commentary

This edition is based on the transcription of D.M. Strukov (Manuscript Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences f. Р–I, № 619, l. 6).

On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e. The name is restored hypothetically.

A female burial at a male monastery must apparently belong to a benefactress, unless the form δούλη represents δοῦλοι and that several more names followed, while Asatres is masculine.

 

Images

 Drawing of face

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