V 345. Unknown.Invocation of Kyriakos, George, Eutolmios and R-, Хth century C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone.
Additional description
Panel with a triangular top. The surface is chipped.
Place of Origin
Unknown.
Find place
Unknown.
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Unknown.
Modern location
Moscow, Russia.
Institution and inventory
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, no inventory number.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary; letters are slightly leaning. Elongated rho, Y-shaped upsilon. Ligature: omicron-nu.
Text
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
Хth century C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
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<ab>
<lb n="1"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName>,
σο͂σον <note>?</note> τὸν
<lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">δ</supplied>οῦλόν σου
Κυρηα
<lb n="3" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">κ</supplied>όν,
αὐτο<supplied reason="lost">ῦ</supplied> ὥλον
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low">οἶκον</supplied>
<lb n="4"/><supplied reason="lost">κὲ</supplied>
Γεόργη<supplied reason="lost">ον</supplied>,
<supplied reason="lost">Εὐ</supplied>τόλμ
<lb n="5" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ιον</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost">κὲ</supplied>
<seg part="I">Ῥ</seg><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>.
</ab>
</div>Translation
Lord, save your servant Kyriakos, his entire [household (?)], and George, Eutolmios, and R[...].
Commentary
A.A. Agafonov kindly brought this monument to my attention. He also took the photograph published here, which is our only source of information about the inscription. I was not able to find the monument at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. It stands to reason that such a modest monument would not have been purchased abroad (either by the museum, or by a private individual), and so probably came to the museum from the region of the Northern Black Sea.
1–2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.E.c.
2–3. On the name Kyriakos (here Kyreakos), see commentary to V 72
The expression ὅλος οἶκος is known from IG XIV 2462 (Marseille).
4-5. The name Eutolmios, quite rare, is known in the Early Byzantine period: see PLRE I 316; in addition, this was the name of an author of Early Byzantines epigrams (Anthologia Palatina VI, 86; VII, 608, 611; IX, 587) and of the author of the "Lives and Martyrdom of Saints Galaktion and Episteme " (BHG 665). In the Xth century, it most likely would have belonged to a monk.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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