V 162. Kachi-Kalyon. Epitaph of Euphemios, XIII–XVth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Rock wall. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

Unknown.

Additional description

Covered with limewash. 

Place of Origin

Kachi-Kalyon. 

Find place

Kachi-Kalyon. 

Find context

West sector, St. Sophia cave church, nave, southern wall. 

Find circumstances

1895, survey of Yu.A. Kulakovsky. 

Modern location

In situ. 

Institution and inventory

In situ, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

September 2008. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Within a frame. 

Lettering

Lapidary; letters partly minuscule. 

Letterheights (cm)

Unknown.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

XIII–XVth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev 1896, 62, № 54. 

Edition

+ Ἐκη(μή)θι ὁ δ-
οῦλος τοῦ
θ(εο)ῦ Ἐφύμιο-
ς μη(νὶ) Μαρτίου
5ιε´

Diplomatic

+ΕΚΗΘΙΟΔ
ΟΥΛΟΣΤΟΥ
ΘΥΕΦΥΜΙΟ
ΣΜΗΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ
5ΙΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="3"/><roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName> Ἐφύμιο<lb n="4" break="no"/>ς <date><expan><abbr>μη</abbr><ex>νὶ</ex></expan> <rs type="month" ref="mar">Μαρτίου</rs>
      <lb n="5"/><num value="15">ιε</num></date>
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Apparatus criticus

4: μη(νός) Latyshev
5: ει´ Latyshev

Translation

Fell asleep: a servant of God, Euphemios, on the 15th of March.

 

Commentary

The photo published here is at the Photo Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences (О.267.47; II–1214; it was kindly brought to my attention by S.V. Kharitonov). The letters on the photo are traced with pencil.

1–3. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e.

3-4. The name Euphemios (here Ephymios) is attested in Christian inscriptions more than 20 times (according to PHI7 Database), and in the form Ἐφυμ-, it is attested twice in the region of Syria.

Latyshev dated the inscription to the XVIth-XVIIth centuries on the basis of script and a comparison with Latyshev 1896, 66, №60 (1622 C.E.), but none of its features precludes a Late Byzantine date.

 

Images

(cc) © 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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