V 150. Kalamita.Invocation of Constantine (?), XIII–XVth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Wall.
Material
Limestone.
Additional description
Images of crosses. Multiple dents on the surface.
Place of Origin
Kalamita.
Find place
Inkerman.
Find context
Unknown.
Find circumstances
Unknown.
Modern location
In situ (?).
Institution and inventory
In situ (?), no inventory number.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Lapidary; letters elongated, uneven, of varying height. Grafitto.
Text
Category
Invocative inscription.
Date
XIII–XVth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><roleName><expan><abbr>Κ</abbr><ex>ύρι</ex><abbr>ε</abbr></expan></roleName>, βοήθι
<lb n="2"/>Κον<supplied reason="lost">στ</supplied>αν<supplied reason="lost">τίνῳ</supplied>.
</ab>
</div>Translation
Lord, help Kon[st]an[tinos].
Commentary
I discovered the photograph of the inscription with a note about its findspot at the Photo Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences (II–36707; O.1320.47). We have no other information about it. At the bottom of the image we can see traces of another inscription. It is possible that both were located in one of the cave complexes of Inkerman, perhaps at the St. George Monastery.
On the formula, see Introduction IV.3.E.a.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (This file should validate to theEpiDoc schema.)