V 157. Kalamita.Invocation (?) of an unknown, XIII–XVIIIth centuries C.E.

Monument

Type

Rock wall. 

Material

Limestone. 

Dimensions (cm)

H.12.0, W.11.5.

Additional description

Damaged at the top. 

Place of Origin

Kalamita. 

Find place

Inkerman. 

Find context

Monastyrskaya Rock, monastery of St. George, staircase, east wall, over a sepulchre on the left. 

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

Lapidary; highly ornate letters of unequal size. Ligatures. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.0–4.0.

Text

Category

Invocative (?) inscription. 

Date

XIII–XVIIIth centuries C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Unpublished. 

Edition

[--- το]ῦ θ(εο)ῦ
[. 8.]
Βοήθι
[. 5.].

Diplomatic

[---..]ΥΘΥ
[········]
ΒΟΗΘΙ
[·····]

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="3"/>Βοήθι
      <lb n="4"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/>.
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Translation

... of God... Help...

 

Commentary

We can speculate about the topographic position of the monument, noted by Latyshev (1896, 42–43, 46, № 34, 41; 1897, 152), only on the basis of a mention made by N.I. Repnikov who says that it was found at St. George monastery (Materials for the archaeological map of the southwest mountains of Crimea (Manuscript Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, f. 10, № 10, s. 34)). The edition is based on the single transcription of D.M. Strukov (Manuscript Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, f. Р–I, № 619, l. 6). The rest of the text cannot be deciphered. Judging by its placement over a grave, it was probably an epitaph. The role of invocation in it is unclear.

 

Images

 Drawing of face

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