V 188. Theodoro. Epitaph of John, XIV–XVth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Capital.
Material
Limestone.
Additional description
Quadrangular capital with traces of red paint. Fully preserved.
Place of Origin
Theodoro.
Find place
Mangup.
Find context
Basilica, south apse, altar partition, colonnette.
Find circumstances
1912, excavations of R.Ch. Loeper.
Modern location
Unknown.
Institution and inventory
Unknown.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Dipinto, thick red paint.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
XIV–XVth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Archaeological context.
Editions
L1. Loeper 1913, 149; 1.1. Barmina 2009, 413.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><expan><abbr>Ἰω</abbr><ex>άννης</ex></expan>
ἐτελιότη.
</ab>
</div> Translation
Io(annes) died.
Commentary
The inscription was published without an image. It is not impossible that this epitaph on the capital crowning a colonnette of the altar partition refers to the Late Byzantine ktitor of the church, who might have been buried somewhere in the vicinity.
On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.f; on the name John - see commentary to V 108; on the interchange of phi and theta, see Introduction IV.5.A.
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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