V 154. Kalamita.Graffiti on a wall, XIII–XVII C.E.
Monument
Type
Rock wall.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.83.0, W.48.0.
Additional description
Unknown. The surface is damaged.
Place of Origin
Kalamita.
Find place
Inkerman.
Find context
Monastyrskaya rock, St. George Church (?).
Find circumstances
1870s, survey of D.M. Strukov.
Modern location
In situ (?).
Institution and inventory
In situ (?), no inventory number.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front.
Lettering
Graffito. Alpha with a loop and with broken crossbar, beta with vertically spaced loops, elongated kappa.
Letterheights (cm)
1.8–12.5.
Text
Category
Unknown.
Date
XIII–XVII C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
<lb n="2"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
<lb n="3"/> <roleName><expan><abbr>Ἅ</abbr><ex>γιος</ex></expan></roleName>
<expan><abbr>Ἰω</abbr><ex>άννης</ex></expan>
<gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/>
<lb n="4"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
<w part="I"><unclear>π</unclear>ροδ<supplied reason="lost">ρόμ</supplied></w><gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/>
<expan><abbr>Χ</abbr><ex>ριστ</ex><abbr>ῷ</abbr></expan>
<date>μ<lb n="5" break="no"/><unclear>η</unclear>νὶ
<rs type="month" ref="nou">Ν<supplied reason="lost">ο</supplied><unclear>ε</unclear>βρ<supplied reason="lost">ίῳ</supplied></rs></date>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="6"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
<lb n="6a"/> <space unit="character"/>
<lb n="7"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
<lb n="7a"/> <space unit="character"/>
<lb n="8"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
<lb n="9"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
</ab>
</div>Translation
... Saint John... the Precursor... to Christ, in November...
Commentary
The reading is based on a single transcription of D.M. Strukov (Manuscript Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences f. Р–I, № 619, l. 6). Most letters cannot be made out, and for this reason the category of the text remains unclear.
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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