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.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἐκοιμίθι ὁ <expan><abbr>δοῦλ</abbr><ex>ος</ex></expan> τοῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Ἀ</supplied>λέξις, υ<supplied reason="lost">ἱὸ</supplied>ς τοῦ Μπελα<lb n="3" break="no"/>η,<date> μινὶ <rs type="month" ref="ian">Ἰανου<supplied reason="lost">αρίῳ</supplied></rs>
<lb n="4"/>ἠς τὰ <num value="10">ι</num>, ἡμέ<supplied reason="lost">ρᾳ</supplied>
<lb n="5"/><num value="3">γ</num>, ἐπὶ ἔτους <num value="6900">ςϠ</num></date>.
</ab>
</div>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).
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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