V 261. Foros.Invocation of an unknown, IX–XVth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Unknown. 

Material

Unknown. 

Additional description

On the front - border along the perimeter. Broken on all sides, except the right. 

Place of Origin

Foros. 

Find place

Foros. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Before 1895. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Within bordered area. 

Lettering

Theta with extended crossbar. Ligature: omicron-upsilon. 

Text

Category

Invocative inscription. 

Date

IX–XVth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Orthography. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev1896, 72, № 66. 

Edition

[Κ(ύρι)ε], β̣οΰθη τὸν δοῦ-
[λον σου τὸν δεῖνα].

Diplomatic

[...].ΟΥΘΗΤΟΝΔΟΥ
[..............]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><roleName><supplied reason="lost"><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></supplied></roleName>, <unclear>β</unclear>οΰθη τὸν δοῦ<lb n="2" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">λον</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">σου τὸν δεῖνα</supplied>.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

[Lord], help your ser[vant...]

 

Commentary

The inscription was delivered from Foros to a gymnasium in Simferopol. Latyshev used a transcription of Yu.A. Kulakovsky for the publication.

On the formula, see Introduction IV.4.E.a. Transformation of upsilon into the sound "i" took place in Byzantium no earlier than the VIIIth century (see Afinogenov 2003), and hence we can take that date as a terminus post quem for our inscription.

 

Images

 Drawing 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.)