V 114. Bakla. Invocation of an unknown, Х century C.E.

Monument

Type

Block. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H. 23.0, W. 38.0, Th. 17.0.

Additional description

Block with rounded top, dowel hole on the top, and cut out corners; the front is smooth. Right top corner broken off, chipped on the surface.  

Place of Origin

Bakla. 

Find place

Bakla. 

Find context

Bakla necropolis. 

Find circumstances

1960, excavations of E.V. Veymarn. 

Modern location

Bakhchisaray, Crimea. 

Institution and inventory

Bakhchisaray State Historical and Cultural Preserve, БМ–60/1929. 

Autopsy

September 2008. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Graffito. Beta with bottom underline. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.5–3.0.

Text

Category

Invocative inscription. 

Date

Х century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

Κ(ύρι)ε, β(ο)ή(θει).

Diplomatic

ΚΕΒΗ

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
   <ab>
    <lb n="1"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName>, 
      <expan><abbr>β</abbr><ex>ο</ex><abbr>ή</abbr><ex>θει</ex></expan>.
   </ab>
   </div>

Translation

Lord, help.

 

Commentary

On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.E.a. Abbreviation BH for the word βοήθει has no exact parallels. A variant - BI is recorded in Bean, Mitford 1970, 221, № 223 (Pamphylia) and on seals.

I was not able to establish the archaeological context of the find.

 

Images

 Photograph of face 1(from ??)

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