V 205. Tepe-Kermen.Epitaph of Nicholas, XIII–XVth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Unknown. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.15.0, W.24.0.

Additional description

Unknown. 

Place of Origin

Tepe-Kermen. 

Find place

Tepe-Kermen. 

Find context

"Church with baptistery." 

Find circumstances

1895, survey of Yu.A. Kulakovsky. 

Modern location

Unknown. 

Institution and inventory

Unknown. 

Autopsy

Non vidi. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Lapidary; angular letters. Minuscule delta and nu. Ligature: omicron-upsilon. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.25.

Text

Category

Epitaph. 

Date

XIII–XVth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

L1. Latyshev1896, 127, № 51а. 

Edition

Ἐκημήθη ὁ δοῦλο[ς]
τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ Νηκό-
λας μ(η)ν(ὶ) Ὀκτο-
βρίου ιε´.

Diplomatic

ΕΚΗΜΗΘΗΟΔΟΥΛΟ[.]
ΤΟΥΘΥΝΗΚΟ
ΛΑΣΜΝΟΚΤΟ
ΒΡΙΟΥΙΕ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      δοῦλο<supplied reason="lost">ς</supplied>
      <lb n="2"/>τοῦ
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      Νηκό<lb n="3" break="no"/>λας
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      <rs type="month" ref="oct">Ὀκτο<lb n="4" break="no"/>βρίου</rs>
      <num value="15">ιε</num></date>.
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Apparatus criticus

3: μ(η)ν(ὸς)Latyshev

Translation

Fell asleep: a servant of God, Nekolas, on the 15th of October.

 

Commentary

According to Kulakovsky, someone transported the inscription to the church.

1-2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.F.e.

2-3. On the formula, see commentary to V 48.

 

Images

 Drawing of face 1(from ??)

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