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Unpublished. 

Edition

+ ’Υω(άννης).

Diplomatic

+ΥΩ

EpiDoc (XML)

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      <lb n="1"/><g ref="#stauros"/> <expan><abbr>’Υω</abbr><ex>άννης</ex></expan>.
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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

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