V 188. Theodoro.Epitaph of John, XIV–XVth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Capital. 

Material

Limestone. 

Additional description

Quadrangular capital with traces of red paint. Fully preserved. 

Place of Origin

Theodoro. 

Find place

Mangup. 

Find context

Basilica, south apse, altar partition, colonnette. 

Find circumstances

1912, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Dipinto, thick red paint. 

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

XIV–XVth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Archaeological context. 

Editions

L1. Loeper1913, 149; 1.1. Barmina2009, 413. 

Edition

Ἰω(άννης) ἐτελιότη.

Diplomatic

ΙΩΕΤΕΛΙΟΤΗ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Ἰω</abbr><ex>άννης</ex></expan> 
      ἐτελιότη.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Io(annes) died.

 

Commentary

The inscription was published without an image. It is not impossible that this epitaph on the capital crowning a colonnette of the altar partition refers to the Late Byzantine ktitor of the church, who might have been buried somewhere in the vicinity.

On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.f; on the name John - see commentary to V 108; on the interchange of phi and theta, see Introduction IV.5.A.

 

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