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. Latyshev1896, 62, № 54.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> <expan><abbr>Ἐκη</abbr><ex>μή</ex><abbr>θι</abbr></expan> ὁ δ<lb n="2" break="no"/>οῦλος τοῦ
<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>
</ab>
</div>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
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)