V 203. Tepe-Kermen. Building inscription on a templon, XIV–XVth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Colonnette.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 3.5, W. 11.0.
Additional description
Colonnette of altar partition, carved in the rock. Fully preserved.
Place of Origin
Tepe-Kermen.
Find place
Tepe-Kermen.
Find context
"Church with sacristy," altar partition, left side.
Find circumstances
1999, survey of A.Yu. Vinogradov.
Modern location
In situ.
Institution and inventory
In situ, no inventory number.
Autopsy
September 1999, September 2007, September 2009.
Epigraphic field
Position
Below the capital.
Lettering
Graffito. Alpha with a loop, elongated epsilon, Y-shaped upsilon.
Letterheights (cm)
1.0.
Text
Category
Building inscription.
Date
XIV–XVth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Architectural context.
Editions
L1. Vinogradov 2002, 56.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/> <g ref="#stauros"/> Ἐνκενυάσθη
<lb n="2"/>ὁ ναός.
</ab>
</div> Translation
The church was sanctified.
Commentary
1. The verb ἐγκαινιάζω, in the Byzantine period, is used in the sense "to sanctify" (see Trapp, s.v.). Therefore, here a reference might be to the sanctification of a new rather than еру renovation of an old church (see Vinogradov 2002, 56). At the same time, a similar verb ἐγκαινίζω is used only once in the Northern Black Sea region (V 11) and then in the sense "to renovate." The verbal form is unaugmented (cf. IG XII,5 712,58).
Architectural and liturgical features date this church to the XIV-XVth centuries (see Vinogradov, Gaydukov, Zheltov 2005, 76).
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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