V 199. Sandyk-Kaya.Epitaph of an unknown, 1429–1430 C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.13.0, W.8.0, Th.4.5.

Additional description

With traces of whitewash on the back. Broken on the top (?), chipped on the edges. 

Place of Origin

Sandyk-Kaya. 

Find place

Polyana. 

Find context

Fortress Sandyk-Kaya, near the church. 

Find circumstances

1967, survey of M.Ya. Choref. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary. Minuscule sigma. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.6–4.5.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1429–1430 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Explicit date. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[ἠ]ς τ[ὰ]
κε´, ἔτους
͵ςϠλη´.

Diplomatic

[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[.]ΣΤ[.]
ΚΕΕΤΟΥΣ
ΣϠΛΗ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/> <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
      <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">ἠ</supplied>ς τ<supplied reason="lost">ὰ</supplied>
      <lb n="3"/><date><num value="25">κε</num>, ἔτους
      <lb n="4"/><num value="6938">ςϠλη</num></date>.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

...25th... in the year 6938.

 

Commentary

Choref read only the year date in the text. He also made several mistakes in copying the end and reconstructing the beginning of line 2.

The physical shape of the monument and the type of dating suggest that it is a tombstone typical for Mountainous Crimea.

 

Images

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