V 233. Alouston. Dedication of Georgios, 1403–1404 C.E.
Monument
Type
Panel.
Material
Compact pink sandstone.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 38.0, W. 34.0, Th. 15.0.
Additional description
The front and sides are smooth, the latter bear traces of mortar. Broken in three parts; top right quarter is missing, as well as a significant portion of the back.
Place of Origin
Alouston.
Find place
Alushta.
Find context
Citadel, ruins of a church, fire destruction layer dating to the XVth century.
Find circumstances
1987, excavations of V.L. Myts.
Modern location
Alushta, Crimea.
Institution and inventory
Alushta Branch of the Central Museum of Tavrida, no inventory number.
Autopsy
September 2006.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary; letters rest on incised guiding lines. Alpha with slanting crossbar and a right diagonal that ends with a left and down pointing hook at the top, beta with rectangular vertically spaced loops, delta with extended horizontal raised to mid-letterheight; abbreviation.
Letterheights (cm)
3.5–4.0.
Text
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
1403–1404 C.E.
Dating criteria
Explicit date.
Editions
L1. Solomonik 1991, 172–174.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/>Δέη<supplied reason="lost">σις</supplied> τοῦ
<lb n="2"/>δού<supplied reason="lost">λου</supplied> τοῦ
<roleName><expan><abbr>θ</abbr><ex>εο</ex><abbr>ῦ</abbr></expan></roleName>
<lb n="3"/>Γ<choice><corr>ε</corr><sic>σ</sic></choice><unclear>ω</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ργίου</supplied>
<lb n="4"/><expan><abbr>υἱ</abbr><ex>οῦ</ex></expan>
<seg part="I">Ἀλ<unclear>μ</unclear><unclear>α</unclear></seg><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">.</supplied>
<date><expan><abbr><supplied reason="lost">Ἔ</supplied><lb n="5" break="no"/>τ</abbr><ex>ους</ex></expan> <num value="6912">ςϠιβ</num></date>.
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
2: δού[λου θ(εο)ῦ Solomonik
4: Ἀμ[ήν Solomonik
Translation
Supplication of the servant of God, Georgios, son of Alma[.]. In the year 6912.
Commentary
Judging by the traces of mortar, the panel used to be built into a wall and was a ktitor's dedication (cf. V 149); The layer where the stone was found suggests that the church had burned down.
1–2. On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.B.a.
3. On the name Georgios, see commentary to V 64.
4. Such an abbreviation of the word υἱός is not otherwise attested in the Northern Black Sea region, but occurs in Christian epigraphy, and in particular in manuscripts, from where it must have come to our inscription: so we can judge by the ligature.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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