V 133. Kermenchik. Epitaph of an unknown, 1347 C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Limestone.
Additional description
Inset panel. Broken on the left and top.
Place of Origin
Kermenchik.
Find place
Vysokoe.
Find context
4 km from Ashaga-Kermenchik, St. John the Baptist church (?).
Find circumstances
1967, agricultural works.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
In the inset space.
Lettering
Lapidary; some letters are traced with black paint. Mu with Y-shaped middle.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
1347 C.E.
Dating criteria
Explicit date.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>τ</orig>
<lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/><orig>ΥΜ</orig><gap reason="illegible" quantity="6" unit="character"/>
<lb n="3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">ἐ</supplied>ν <date>μ<supplied reason="lost">ην</supplied>ὴ
<rs type="month" ref="nou">Νω<lb n="4" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">εβρίῳ</supplied></rs>
<supplied reason="lost">εἰς τὰ</supplied> <num><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/></num>
<supplied reason="lost">ἔτους</supplied> <num value="9856"><supplied reason="lost">ς</supplied>ωνς</num></date>.
</ab>
</div> Translation
... of November, in the year 9856.
Commentary
Information about and a photo of the inscription are taken from Choref 1969, 9. The latter read only the year date without the last digit.
According to Choref, the monument very possibly comes from the same cemetery that was noted by A.L. Bertye-Delagard and A.I. Markevich (cf. V 127, V 128), and should therefore be considered a tombstone.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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