V 242. Partenit. Epitaph of John and invocation of Kyriakos, 1471 C.E.

Monument

Type

Wall block. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 25.0, W. 36.0, Th. 17.0.

Additional description

Broken on the left, chipped along the edges. 

Place of Origin

Partenit. 

Find place

Partenit. 

Find context

Basilica, northern nave. 

Find circumstances

1871, excavations of D.M. Strukov. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field 1

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Graffito; letters are uneven, late minuscule, leaning to the right. Ligatures: omicron-upsilon. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5–3.5.

Text 1

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1471 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Explicit date. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

Ἐ[νθάδε?]
[κατακ?]υτε [κ]τύτορ Ἠω̣(άννης).
[---]ας κ[ὲ] τελύαν
[κατ]αλιπ(ών), ἐκτοπίυς
5[κατ]άκριψε̣ ͵ςϠπ´,
[σεπ]τ̣εβρ(ίῳ) τ(ῇ) ε´ vac. πέ[μ-]
π̣τ̣[ῃ].

Diplomatic

Ε[.....]
[.....]ΥΤΕ[.]ΤΥΤΟΡΗ.
[---]ΑΣΚ[.]ΤΕΛΥΑΝ
[...]ΑΛΙΠΕΚΤΟΠΙΥΣ
5[...]ΑΚΡΙΨ.ΣϠΠ
[...].ΕΒΡΤΕ      ΠΕ[.-]
..[.]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Translation

Here (?) lies (?) ktitor Io(annes)... and having left it completed, he hid with those far away, in the year 6980, on the 5th of September, Thursday.

 

Commentary

On the context of find, see Karaulov 1872, 312–313. Latyshev (1896, 79–80, № 71) did not offer a reading.

1. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.d.

2. On the burial of a ktitor, see commentary to V 68.

3–4. A participle at the start of line 3 indicated some action of the deceased, most likely, either the construction or decoration of a church, which "he had left unfinished." It might have been during this reconstruction in the early 1470s that the building inscription of metropolitan Damianos (1427 C.E.) was incorporated into the floor of the basilica - V 241.

4–5.The conclusion of the formula is unique: it is possible that its rhetorical style was influenced by V 241 and V 243.

6-7. September 5, 1471 indeed fell on a Thursday.

 

Images

Epigraphic field 2

Position

On the right hand edge of the block. 

Lettering

See field 1. 

Text 2

Category

Dedication. 

Date

1471 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Explicit date. 

Editions

Latyshev 1896, 71. 

Edition

Δέησ-
[ι]ς
τοῦ
Κυρια[κ(οῦ)]
5[ἱ]ε̣ρέ[ως].

Diplomatic

ΔΕΗΣ
[.]Σ
ΤΟΥ
ΚΥΡΙΑ[.]
5[.].ΡΕ[..]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="4"/><expan><abbr>Κυρια</abbr><supplied reason="lost"><abbr>κ</abbr><ex>οῦ</ex></supplied></expan>
      <lb n="5"/><supplied reason="lost">ἱ</supplied><unclear>ε</unclear>ρέ<supplied reason="lost">ως</supplied>.
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Apparatus criticus

1-4: ... τοῦ κυρί[ου] Latyshev

Translation

Supplication of Kyriakos, the priest.

 

Commentary

Text 2 was cut by the same hand as Text 1.

1–2. This is a typical supplication, which suits the monument's location in the church (cf. Latyshev 1896, 66–67, № 61). On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.B.a.

3. On the name Kyriakos, see commentary to V 72.

4. The word hiereus in this case most likely indicates a priest rather than a bishop.

 

Images

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