V 117. Bakla. Epitaph of an unknown, X–XIIIth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 7.0, W. 12.0, Th. 8.0.

Additional description

Broken on all sides, chipped on the front. 

Place of Origin

Bakla. 

Find place

Bakla. 

Find context

Cruciform church, burial vault, filling. 

Find circumstances

1976, excavations of V.E. Rudakov. 

Modern location

Sevastopol, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 49/36923. 

Autopsy

September 2008. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary style, elongated and slightly leaning letters. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.3–2.0.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

X–XIIIth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Archaeological context. 

Editions

L1. Solomonik 1991, 176–177, fig. 4. 

Edition

+ Ἐτελ[εύτησε-]
ν ὡ̣ δ̣ο(ῦ)λο[ς τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ]
[ὁ δεῖνα ---].

Diplomatic

+ΕΤΕΛ[......-]
Ν..ΟΛΟ[......]
[......---]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> Ἐτελ<supplied reason="lost">εύτησε</supplied><lb n="2" break="no"/>ν
      <unclear>ὡ</unclear> <expan><abbr><unclear>δ</unclear>ο</abbr><ex>ῦ</ex><abbr>λο<supplied reason="lost">ς</supplied></abbr></expan>
      <supplied reason="lost">τοῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName></supplied>
      <lb n="3"/><supplied reason="lost">ὁ δεῖνα</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>.
   </ab>
   </div> 
 
Apparatus criticus

1-2: Ἀπολλώδο(ρος) ΛΟ Solomonik

Translation

Died the servant of God...

 

Commentary

1-2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.g. Reconstruction of the name Apollodoros, proposed by Solomonik, has no basis in reality, while the two signs that resemble lambdas, are in fact written over line 2.

For archaeological context, see Rudakov, Lozhkina 1976.

 

Images

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