V 262. Kordon-Oba. Epitaph of –am–, XIV–XVth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 55.0, W. 33.0, Th. 8.0.

Additional description

Stele with rounded top; on the front - "alisee pattée" cross in relief inside a circle, and below - rectangular inset field with inscription. Broken at the bottom, the surface is weathered. 

Place of Origin

Kordon-Oba. 

Find place

Shchebetovka. 

Find context

Castle Kordon-Oba, burial. 

Find circumstances

1927, excavations of N.S. Barsamov. 

Modern location

Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

The Central Museum of Tavrida, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

September 2005. 

Epigraphic field

Position

Within inset field. 

Lettering

Lapidary. Alpha with slanting crossbar, vertical right hasta and capping horizontal bar pointing left, delta with projecting right hasta, mu with T-shaped middle, bowl-shaped upsilon. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.4–1.9.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

XIV–XVth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

+ Ἐκημίθι
ὁ δοῦλος
τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ .-
.αμ[. 4.]

Diplomatic

+ΕΚΗΜΙΘΙ
ΟΔΟΥΛΟΣ
ΤΟΥΘΥ·
·ΑΜ[····]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> Ἐκημίθι
      <lb n="2"/>ὁ δοῦλος
      <lb n="3"/>τοῦ
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      <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="4" break="no"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><seg part="Y">αμ</seg><gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/>
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Translation

Fell asleep: a servant of God....

 

Commentary

The tombstone resembles some Late Byzantine monuments of Mountainous Crimea (see, e.g., Latyshev 1910, 4–5, № 12, fig. 12). On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e.

The shape of alpha and mu is akin to those of Mangup monuments of the XIV-XVth centuries (see, e.g. V 190).

 

Images

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