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. Solomonik1991, 176–177, fig. 4.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<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) ΛΟSolomonik
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
© 2015 Andrey
Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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