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. 

Edition

Col. A
Ἐκοιμή-
[θη ἡ δού-]
λ̣η̣ τ̣οῦ θ(εο)ῦ
Κυρά +
5+ ἔτους ͵ςωπγ´ +
Col. B

μινὴ Μα-
ρτήου
εἰς τὰ.
κβ´+

Diplomatic

Col. A
ΕΚΟΙΜΗ
[......-]
...ΟΥΘΥ
ΚΥΡΑ+
5+ΕΤΟΥΣΣΩΠΓ+
Col. B

ΜΙΝΗΜΑ
ΡΤΗΟΥ
ΕΙΣΤΑ
ΚΒ+

EpiDoc (XML)

<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

(cc)© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)