V 190. Theodoro.Epitaph of Karamani-, XVth century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Soft limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.17.0, W.15.0, Th.8.0.

Additional description

On the bottom front - a raised border (H. 1cm). Broken off on all sides. 

Place of Origin

Theodoro. 

Find place

Mangup. 

Find context

Near the palace, in a pit. 

Find circumstances

1913-1914, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 3745. 

Autopsy

May 1999, August 2001, September 2002, September 2003, September 2004, September 2005, September 2006, September 2007. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Above the border. 

Lettering

Lapidary; elongated ornate letters. Alpha with pointy loop, alpha and delta with capping horizontal bar pointing left, four-bar sigma with parallel top and bottom bars, mu with T-shaped crossbar. 

Letterheights (cm)

4.0.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

XVth century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev1918a, 20, № 4. 

Edition

[Κεκοίμηται resp. Ἐκοιμήθη ]
[ὁ ἐν μακαρίᾳ]
[τῇ μνήμῃ]
κ̣ὲ δ{ο}οῦλος [τοῦ Θεοῦ]
5[Κ]α̣ρ̣αμάνι[---].

Diplomatic

[..........]
[..........]
[.......]
.ΕΔΟΟΥΛΟΣ[.......]
5[.]..ΑΜΑΝΙ[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost"><app type="alternative"><lem>Κεκοίμηται</lem> <rdg>Ἐκοιμήθη</rdg></app></supplied>
      <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">ὁ ἐν μακαρίᾳ</supplied>
      <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">τῇ μνήμῃ</supplied>
      <lb n="4"/><unclear>κ</unclear>ὲ δ<surplus>ο</surplus>οῦλος <supplied reason="lost">τοῦ <roleName>Θεοῦ</roleName></supplied>
      <lb n="5"/><supplied reason="lost">Κ</supplied><unclear>αρ</unclear>αμάνι<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1-4: Ἐνθάδε κατάκειται] ὁ δοῦλοςLatyshev
5: ΡΑΜΑΝΙLatyshev

Translation

[Fell asleep in blessed memory] and a servant [of God], [K]aramani[...]

 

Commentary

The findspot was pointed out to A.L. Moiseev by foreman Fedorov.

The expression "in blessed memory" is used in the Northern Black Sea region with verbs Κεκοίμηται (V 68) and Ἐκοιμήθη (V 67). On these formulae, see Introduction IV.3.F.c and IV.3.F.e.

The name Karamani... is a derivative of the Turkic name Karaman, which was known to the Byzantines (PLP, № 11106–11110). If the lacuna before this name was larger, then Karamani... might have been not a given name, but a surname, or a toponym indicating the origin of the deceased in the city of Karaman in Asia Minor (cf. V 143).

 

Images

 Photograph of face 1(from ??)

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