V 320. Bosporus.Epitaph of Kyra, 1375 C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.33.5, W.64.5, Th.11.0.
Additional description
On the front - foliate cross and a border along the perimeter of the panel. Broken on the top and bottom.
Place of Origin
Bosporus.
Find place
Kerch.
Find context
Bosforskaya (modern Sverdlov) St., yard of one of the houses.
Find circumstances
1865.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On both sides of the lower arm of the cross.
Lettering
Partially lapidary. Alpha with a slanting crossbar, minuscule theta and upsilon, uncial and minuscule eta, mu with Y-shaped middle. Regular diacritics.
Letterheights (cm)
1.0–3.0.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
1375 C.E.
Dating criteria
Explicit date.
Editions
L1. Stefani1879, 96–97, № 130–131; 2. Latyshev1896, 96.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab><cb n="A"/>
<lb n="1"/>Ἐκοιμή<lb n="2" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">θη</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">ἡ</supplied>
<w part="I" lemma="δοῦλος"><supplied reason="lost">δού</supplied><lb n="3" break="no"/><unclear>λη</unclear></w> <unclear>τ</unclear>οῦ
<roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
<lb n="4"/>Κυρά
<g ref="#stauros"/>
<lb n="5"/><g ref="#stauros"/> <date>ἔτους <num value="6883">ςωπγ</num></date>
<g ref="#stauros"/>
</ab>
<ab><cb n="B"/>
<lb n="6"/><date>μινὴ <rs type="month" ref="mar">Μα<lb n="7" break="no"/>ρτήου</rs>
<lb n="8"/>εἰς τὰ.
<lb n="9"/><num value="22">κβ</num></date><g ref="#stauros"/>
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
1: Ἐκοιμήθη ...: om. alii
5: ἔτους ...Stefani
6-8: μνῆμα ?Stefani
Translation
Fell asleep: a servant of God, Kyra, in the year 6883, on the 22nd of March.
Commentary
1–3. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e.
The name Kyra is Christian: we know of a martyress of that name (see Delehaye 1902, 1126; cf. Lefebvre 1907, № 476). Since accents in the right half of the inscription are placed correctly, it would support the notion that the accent over the last syllable of the name Kyra in line 4 faithfully represents local pronunciation, which might have been influenced by the word κυρά, "mistress."
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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