V 235. Laspi.Epitaph of Mary, XIII–XVIIIth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Casket-shaped tombstone.
Material
Limestone.
Additional description
Unknown.
Place of Origin
Laspi.
Find place
Laspi.
Find context
Littoral settlement (territory of modern pioneer camp "Laspi"), necropolis.
Find circumstances
1833, survey of F. Dubois de Montpéreux.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
Right half of the front.
Lettering
Lapidary; minuscule letters.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
XIII–XVIIIth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Type of gravestone, script.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Ἐκημήθη <supplied reason="lost">ἡ δούλη</supplied>
<lb n="2"/>τοῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
<supplied reason="lost">Μα</supplied><lb n="3" break="no"/>ρήα τοῦ <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>.
</ab>
</div>Translation
Fell asleep: [a servant] of God, [Ma]rea, daughter of...
Commentary
We owe the knowledge of this inscription and of its archaeological context to A.V. Ivanov (see also Ivanov 2004, 62). The only source of information on the inscription is a drawing of F. Dubois de Montpéreux (1843, atl. sér., IV, pl. 27, fig. 84; Dubois de Montpereux 1846, 238). The cemetery, from which it comes, is dated on the basis of archaeological finds to the XII-XVth centuries (Makhnyova 1968, 53). There remains a possibility that the inscription is post-Byzantine, but Late Byzantine parallels for the monuments of this type are known in Mountainous Crimea (V 126, V 131).
1. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e.
2–3. The name Mary is also attested in V 62, V 209, V 227, V 343.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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