V 207. Tepe-Kermen.Commemoration of Theodore (?), Х–XIVth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Rock wall. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.27.0, W.21.0.

Additional description

Fully preserved. 

Place of Origin

Tepe-Kermen. 

Find place

Tepe-Kermen. 

Find context

"Church with baptistery", eastern wall, above the baptisterium. 

Find circumstances

1832-1833, survey of F. Dubois de Montpéreux. 

Modern location

In situ. 

Institution and inventory

In situ, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

September 2001. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary; elongated, ornate, pointy letters. 

Letterheights (cm)

27.0.

Text

Category

Unknown. 

Date

Х–XIVth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev1896, 61, № 52. 

Edition

Θε(όδωρος?)

Diplomatic

ΘΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Θε</abbr><ex cert="low">όδωρος</ex></expan>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: θεός ?Latyshev

Translation

Theodore (?).

 

Commentary

For circumstances of discovery, see Dubois de Montpéreux 1843, 314 (see also Karaulov 1872, 70).

On the one hand, an abbreviation theta-epsilon is typical of Early Byzantine period: in Beševliev, 1964, №204 (IV–Vth century) ΘΕ vacat Θεόδωρος (see also V 310). The same abbreviation is found on the capital of a column from "Basilica of 1935" in Chersonesos where it apparently signified the name Theodore or Theodora. On the other hand, the script overall is closer to Middle or Late Byzantine style, while elaborate flourishes at the ends of letter strokes are paralleled only in V 209 (1381-1382 C.E.). The inscription should probably be considered commemorative.

 

Images

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