V 211. Cherkes-Kermen.Epitaph of a donator, ca. 1351–1352 or 1381–1382 C.E.

Monument

Type

Fresco. 

Material

Tempera on plaster. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.3.5, W.10.0.

Additional description

Chipped at the bottom. 

Place of Origin

Cherkes-Kermen. 

Find place

Cherkes-Kermen. 

Find context

"Church of Donators," northwest corner. 

Find circumstances

Before 1896, survey of Yu.A. Kulakovsky. 

Modern location

In situ. 

Institution and inventory

In situ, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

September 2003. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Dipinto, white paint over blue background; elongated pointy letters. 

Letterheights (cm)

3.5.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

Ca. 1351–1352 or 1381–1382 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Date of V 209. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev1896, 124–125, № 43a-z; 1.1. Latyshev1897, 152; 2. Vinogradov2004, 129. 

Edition

Ἐκοιμήθη [ἡ δούλη]
τοῦ [θ(εο)ῦ ἡ δεῖνα ---].

Diplomatic

ΕΚΟΙΜΗΘΗ[......]
ΤΟΥ[........---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Ἐκοιμήθη <supplied reason="lost">ἡ δούλη</supplied>
      <lb n="2"/>τοῦ 
      <supplied reason="lost"><roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName> 
      ἡ δεῖνα</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>.
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1: ἘκοιμήθηLatyshev
1-2: [ἡ ... δεῖνα: om. Latyshev, Kulakovsky apud Latyshev

Translation

Fell asleep: a servant of God...

 

Commentary

Line 3 in the transcription of Kulakovsky most likely does not belong to this inscription. Rather it is an image-related inscription accompanying the image of St. George. See also commentary to V 212.

 

Images

 Photograph of face 1(from ??)

(cc)© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)