V 137. Fot-Sala. Epitaph of an unknown, XIII–XIVth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Unknown. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 15.0, W. 23.0, Th. unknown.

Additional description

On the front - diamond weave pattern. Broken, the surface is water-damaged. 

Place of Origin

Fot-Sala. 

Find place

Golubinka. 

Find context

1.5km to the northeast, the area of Civizlik, Kilse-bair Tract, church, cemetery. 

Find circumstances

1914, survey of M.I. Skubetov. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

In the niche. 

Lettering

Lapidary; elongated letters. Mu with Y-shaped middle. 

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

XIII–XIVth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Archaeological context. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev 1916, 4, № 5, fig. 14. 

Edition

Ἐκημίθι ἡ δού[λη τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ ἡ δεῖνα].

Diplomatic

ΕΚΗΜΙΘΙΗΔΟΥ[.............]

EpiDoc (XML)

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   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/>Ἐκημίθι
      ἡ δού<supplied reason="lost">λη</supplied>
      <supplied reason="lost">τοῦ <roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
      ἡ δεῖνα</supplied>.
      
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

ἡ δού[...]: Ἰλθη Latyshev

Translation

Fell asleep: a serv[ant of God...]

 

Commentary

In Latyshev's publication, a line drawing of the inscription is mistakenly given in fig. 14 rather than 5. In publishing the inscription, Latyshev relied on an estampage made by Skubetov, who had apparently misunderstood and therefore misrepresented the second word.

On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e

 

Images

 Drawing of face

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