V 167. Shury.Epitaph of Alexis, 1392 C.E.

Monument

Type

"Single-horned" tombstone. 

Material

Limestone. 

Additional description

"Single-horned" stepped tombstone with a small niche on the front and rosettes on the sides of the "horn." The surface is damaged. 

Place of Origin

Shury. 

Find place

Kudrino. 

Find context

Ay-Kostandi Tract, cemetery. 

Find circumstances

1915-1916, survey of M.I. Skubetov. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Between rosette and niche and on either side of the niche. 

Lettering

Unknown. 

Letterheights (cm)

2.0–3.0.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1392 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Explicit date. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev1918, 34, № 1. 

Edition

Ἐκοιμίθι ὁ δοῦλ(ος) τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ
[Ἀ]λέξις, υ[ἱὸ]ς τοῦ Μπελα-
η, μινὶ Ἰανου[αρίῳ]
ἠς τὰ ι´, ἡμέ[ρᾳ]
5γ´, ἐπὶ ἔτους ͵ςϠ´.

Diplomatic

ΕΚΟΙΜΙΘΙΟΔΟΥΛΤΟΥΘΥ
[.]ΛΕΞΙΣΥ[..]ΣΤΟΥΜΠΕΛΑ
ΗΜΙΝΙΙΑΝΟΥ[....]
ΗΣΤΑΙΗΜΕ[..]
5ΓΕΠΙΕΤΟΥΣΣϠ

EpiDoc (XML)

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Apparatus criticus

4: τά[ς]Latyshev

Translation

Fell asleep: a servant of God, [A]lexis, son of Belaï, on the 10th of January, on Wednesday, in the year 6900.

 

Commentary

Latyshev's edition is based on the estampage and drawing of Skubetov. The tables were never published.

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

2. The name Alexis is known in Late Byzantine Crimea from V 179 and V 180.

2-3. The name Belaï (here Belae) could be Turkic, but might also derive from the Greek root ἄμπελος.

4-5. January 10th 1392 was Wednesday, that is, the "third" day of this inscription turns out to be Wednesday, contrary to the Byzantine count of weekdays, where the third day is Tuesday. Apparently, in the fourtheenth-century Mountainous Crimea, a different count of days was used, similar to the modern Russian count that starts with Monday. This is supported also by V 124 from Vysokoe (?) of 1387 C.E. (see Introduction IV.4.F).. At the same time, a traditional count of weekdays in Late Byzantine Crimea is demonstrated by V 242.1 from Partenit, 1472 C.E. (see Introduction IV.4.F).

 

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