V 169. Shury.Epitaph of Kalana, 1327 C.E.
Monument
Type
Stele.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.35.5, W.62.0, Th.20.0.
Additional description
Stele with a triangular top. At the top, centre, inset carving of a cross, with split arms, resting over a domed semicircle (Golgotha), framing a deep quarter-sphere niche.
Place of Origin
Shury.
Find place
Kudrino.
Find context
Church, southern wall.
Find circumstances
1880s, survey of A.L. Bertye-Delagard.
Modern location
Bakhchisaray, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Bakhchisaray State Historical and Cultural Preserve, AB II–13008.
Autopsy
September 2005.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the right side.
Lettering
Lapidary; letters slightly elongated. Alpha's crossbar slants to the right; alpha, lambda, and delta - with capping horizontal bar pointing left. Ligature omicron-upsilon; abbreviation.
Letterheights (cm)
1.8–2.5.
Text
Category
Epitaph.
Date
1327 C.E.
Dating criteria
Explicit date.
Editions
L1. Latyshev1896, 65, № 58.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> <expan><abbr>Ἐκημ</abbr><ex>ή</ex><abbr>θει</abbr></expan> ἡ <expan><abbr>δούλ</abbr><ex>η</ex></expan> τοῦ
<lb n="2"/><roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName> Καλάνα <date><expan><abbr>μη</abbr><ex>νὸς</ex></expan>
<lb n="3"/><expan><ex>τετάρτ</ex><abbr>ου</abbr></expan> <num value="25">κε</num>, ἔτους <num value="6836">ςω<lb n="4" break="no"/>λς</num></date>.
</ab>
</div>Apparatus criticus
3: Αὐ[γούστου]Latyshev
Translation
Fell asleep: a servant of God, Kalana, on the 25th day of the 4th month, in the year 6836.
Commentary
Latyshev's edition is based on the estampage made by Bertye-Delagard. The old photo is preserved at the Photo Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences (I–3179; О.710.81; О.1529.56).
1–2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e.
2. On the name, see V 127, V 128.
2–3. The fourth month is probably December (cf. V 60, V 89, V 151), which means Kalana died on Christmas.
The tombstone of Kalana must have been reused in the construction, or reconstruction, of the church in 1594 (see Latyshev 1896, 64–65, № 57).
Images
© 2015 Andrey
Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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