V 165. Kachi-Kalyon.Graffito of John, XIV–XVth centuries C.E.
Monument
Type
Rock wall.
Material
Limestone.
Dimensions (cm)
H.10.0, W.25.0.
Additional description
Fully preserved.
Place of Origin
Kachi-Kalyon.
Find place
Tash-Air Canyon.
Find context
Grotto in front of the caves, wall, at the height of 250cm above ground.
Find circumstances
1940, survey of P.P. Babenchikov.
Modern location
In situ.
Institution and inventory
In situ, no inventory number.
Autopsy
Non vidi.
Epigraphic field
Position
To the right of the cross.
Lettering
Lapidary; letters accentuated with serifs.
Letterheights (cm)
4.5–10.0.
Text
Category
Commemoration.
Date
XIV–XVth centuries C.E.
Dating criteria
Palaeography.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> <expan><abbr>’Υω</abbr><ex>άννης</ex></expan>.
</ab>
</div>Translation
John.
Commentary
Information about the inscription was recorded in the diary of a member of the Crimean archaeological expedition (Academy of Sciences of the USSR) P.P. Babenchikov (Manuscript Archive, Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences f. 10, d. 12, l. 14; it was kindly brought to my attention by S.V. Kharitonov). M.Ya. Choref re-discovered the monument in 1960s. Unfortunately, I was not able to locate it. Choref (1969, 10) correctly identified the meaning of the abbreviation (the standard decoding υ(ἱ)ῷ does not make sense in this case). The same manner of abbreviating John is attested in Ὀρλάνδος, Βρανούσσης 1973, № 44. This inscription is apparently commemorative (see commentary to V 196).
Images
© 2015 Andrey Vinogradov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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