V 313. Bosporus. Invocation of Zacharias and an unknown, XII–XIVth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Unknown. 

Material

Unknown. 

Additional description

Unknown. 

Place of Origin

Bosporus. 

Find place

Kerch. 

Find context

Unknown. 

Find circumstances

Unknown. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Graffito, minuscule letters. Delta's right hasta is extended upwards and left, elongated phi, superscript nu. 

Text

Category

Invocative inscription. 

Date

XII–XIVth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. CIG IV, 8904, tab. XV; 1.1. Latyshev 1896, 97, № 97. 

Edition

Κ(ύρι)ε βο-
ίθη τὸ(ν)
δοῦλό(ν)
σου
5Ζαχ̣(αρίαν)
μο(να)χ(ὸν)
καὶ τὸ(ν)
...
ΦΑ (?)
10..

Diplomatic

ΚΕΒΟ
ΙΘΗΤΟ
ΔΟΥΛΟ
ΣΟΥ
5ΖΑ.
ΜΟΧ
ΚΑΙΤΟ
···
ΦΑ(?)
10··

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
      <lb n="1"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName> βο<lb n="2" break="no"/>ίθη <expan><abbr>τὸ</abbr><ex>ν</ex></expan>
      <lb n="3"/><expan><abbr>δοῦλό</abbr><ex>ν</ex></expan>
      <lb n="4"/>σου
      <lb n="5"/><expan><abbr>Ζα<unclear>χ</unclear></abbr><ex>αρίαν</ex></expan>
      <lb n="6"/><expan><abbr>μο</abbr><ex>να</ex><abbr>χ</abbr><ex>ὸν</ex></expan>
      <lb n="7"/>καὶ <expan><abbr>τὸ</abbr><ex>ν</ex></expan>
      <lb n="8"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="9"/><orig>ΦΑ</orig> <note>?</note>
      <lb n="10"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
   </ab>
   </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

5: Ἰω(άννην) Kirchhof, Latyshev
8-10: ἀδελ]φὸν α[ὐτοῦ Kirchhof, Latyshev

Translation

Lord, help your servant Zacharias (?), a monk and...

 

Commentary

The inscription was published by Kirchhoff in CIG IV on the basis of the notes left by Dubois de Montpéreux, but in the works of the latter this monument is not found.

1–4. Kirchhoff considered the inscription to be an epitaph, but the formula contradicts his supposition - it is a typical invocation (see Introduction IV.3.E.a).

5. The name Zacharias also occurs in V 251, and in the same abbreviated form (cf. (ср.I.Eph. 4237; Jerphanion 1936, № 203)).

6. For the same abbreviation of the word μοναχὸς, see an inscription from Asia Minor, XIIIth century (Avi Yonah 1940, 87).

7. For the formula "a monk and..." compare V 68 (1183 C.E.)

 

Images

 Drawing of face 1(from ??)

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