V 181. Theodoro.Dedication (?) of a lector, IX–Xth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Compact marl. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.14.0, W.13.0, Th.4.0.

Additional description

On the front—inset field with relief cross with flaring arms in the centre bordered by relief moulding. To the right of the top arm of the cross—relief of a branch (?). Broken on all sides; the front is damaged. 

Place of Origin

Theodoro. 

Find place

Mangup. 

Find context

South-east slope, Cruciform church. 

Find circumstances

1981, excavations of V.L. Myts. 

Modern location

Yalta, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

Yalta Museum of History and Literature, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the top arm of the cross. 

Lettering

Lapidary; letters of uneven size. Alpha with slanting crossbar, almond-shaped omicron. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.5–0.9.

Text

Category

Dedication. 

Date

IX–Xth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Archaeological context. 

Editions

L1. Solomonik1986, 216–217, fig. 11. 

Edition

+ Ἐγό, ἀν-
αγνόσ-
τ(η)ς, δο-
ῦ̣[λ]ο<ς>
5Χ(ριστο)ῦ
[ὁ δεῖνα ---].

4: orig. ΔΟΟ

Diplomatic

+ΕΓΟΑΝ
ΑΓΝΟΣ
ΤΣΔΟ
.[.]Ο
5ΧΥ
[......---]

4: orig. ΔΟΟ

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Apparatus criticus

1-4: Ἔγθ[εος] (?) ἁγνοῦ Τε(ο)δόθο(υ)Solomonik

Translation

I, a lector, servant of God...

 

Commentary

The monument appears to be a dedication related to the construction or decoration of a church.

1–4. Solomonik read these lines incorrectly, hence her conclusions about the dedication of the church to St. Theodotos are irrelevant. A lector is mentioned in two other inscriptions from Mangup (V 183 and V 189).

3–5. On the term "servant of Christ," see commentary to V 209. On the ungrammatical use of cases, see V 53.

 

Images

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