V 130. Kermenchik.Epitaph of Chadsyminia (?), 1361–1362 C.E.

Monument

Type

Stele. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.56.0, W.24.0, Th.15.0.

Additional description

On the front - inset panel with ornate border; on the back - interlace ornament (H. 1.1cm); the sides also bear ornaments; Broken on the bottom; the surface is chipped. 

Place of Origin

Kermenchik. 

Find place

Vysokoe. 

Find context

On the road to Bashtanovka, church. 

Find circumstances

1968, survey of M.Ya. Choref. 

Modern location

Bakhchisaray, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

Bakhchisaray State Historical and Cultural Preserve, no inventory number. 

Autopsy

September 2003. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the inset panel. 

Lettering

Lapidary. Mu with Y-shaped middle. Ligature omicron-upsilon. 

Letterheights (cm)

0.4–2.0.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

1361–1362 C.E. 

Dating criteria

Explicit date. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

Ἐ-
κοιμή-
θη ἱ δούλοι τοῦ
θ(εο)ῦ Χαδ̣συμ-
5ινια, υἱὸς {Τ
Σ} τοῦ Ἰω̣[ανικ-]
έου, ἐπὶ ἔ[τ](ους) ͵ς-
ωο´ . ἰν̣[δ(ικτιῶνος) ιε´].

Diplomatic

Ε
ΚΟΙΜΗ
ΘΗΙΔΟΥΛΟΙΤΟΥ
ΘΥΧΑ.ΣΥΜ
5ΙΝΙΑΥΙΟΣΤ
ΣΤΟΥΙ.[....-]
ΕΟΥΕΠΙΕ[.]Σ
ΩΟΙ.[...]

EpiDoc (XML)

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Translation

Fell asleep: a servant of God, Chadsyminia (?), daughter of Io[annik]ios, in the year [6]870, in the [15th] in[diction].

 

Commentary

1-4. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e.

5. Υἱὸς in reference to a daughter is also attested in V 140 from Laki (1421 C.E.)

6-7. The name Ioannikios (here Ioanikeos) is known in the Northern Black Sea region in one inscription from Taman - V 340 (1078 C.E.), although is it a monk's name in that case.

7-8. The dating formula ἐπὶ ἔτους is typical for inscriptions from Kermenchik (for more detail, see Introduction III.1.C.b), while a reference to indiction is otherwise unknown in this location.

 

Images

 Photograph of face

(cc)© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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